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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 1983
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1980
Raymond K Sugalski, Gainesville, FL (US);
Kenneth C Leduc, Gainesville, FL (US);
Jesse L Morris, Archer, FL (US);
General Electric Company, Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for assembling the component parts of a cover for an electrochemical cell into a cover assembly and for welding the assembly, the apparatus including a carousel having a plurality of equally spaced receptacles, an equal number of equally spaced stations around the carousel, a drive for intermittently turning the carousel to advance the receptacles to each of the stations and holding the receptacle in the station, a feeder at selected stations for feeding a part of the component parts to the carousel, inspection apparatus at stations intermediate the selected stations for inspecting the part assembly in the receptacle, a welder at a station following the selected and inspection stations for welding the assembled cover in the receptacle and an extractor at a station following the welding station for removing the assembled and welded cover from the receptacle.