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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher Stephen Barge, Bristol, GB;
Lawrence Ernest Gardiner, Stroud, GB;
Assignee:
TBS Engineering Limited, Gloucestershire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/012 ; B65H 3/106 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 1/012 ; B65H 3/106 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for loading battery plate groups into a battery box. The apparatus includes a compression frame which includes a number of relative movable walls and stops for gripping and retaining battery groups. The wall carry guide shins for projecting into respective cells in a battery box and guide the groups into the cells as they are pushed by a pusher. The movable nature of the walls allow the groups to be loaded into frame, when it is in released position. The walls can then be drawn together compressing the groups and retaining them in a compressed state as they are loaded.