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Loading apparatus and methods

US5459922A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 1994
Grant dateOct 24, 1995
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49108
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to apparatus 10 and methods for loading groups of battery plates or the like in adjacent cells 1 to 6 in a holder. The apparatus includes guide means 13 which defines, by means of walls 37, 38, spaces 40 for receiving respective battery groups 30. The walls can be collapsed around the groups 30 in the spaces 40 until the position and spacing corresponds to that of a row cells 1 to 3, in which point in the groups are pushed through the guide means 13 in to the respective cells.

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