CN217361688U

CN217361688U - Battery cleaning device

Info

Publication number: CN217361688U
Application number: CN202221012706.6U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 不公告发明人
Original assignee: Sany Technology Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Sany Technology Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-04-27
Filing date: 2022-04-27
Publication date: 2022-09-02
Anticipated expiration: 2032-04-27

Abstract

The utility model relates to a battery manufacture equipment field provides a belt cleaning device of battery, include: a cabinet having a cleaning space formed therein; the cleaning assembly comprises a plurality of first cleaning pieces and a first driving part, the first driving part is arranged on the chassis, the first cleaning pieces are positioned in the cleaning space, and the first driving part is suitable for driving the first cleaning pieces to do reciprocating motion and/or rotating motion; and the fixing component is arranged on the case and is suitable for fixing the battery cell in the cleaning space. The utility model provides a belt cleaning device can wash electric core fast nontoxic to cleaning process full automation has improved the cleaning efficiency and the cleaning performance of electric core, thereby has improved the production quality and the output of electric core.

Description

Battery cleaning device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a battery manufacture equipment technical field especially relates to belt cleaning device of battery.

Background

At present, a power battery needs to be subjected to blue film coating treatment on a battery cell before leaving a factory, and the battery cell needs to be cleaned before the blue film coating, so that the quality of the blue film coating on the battery cell is ensured. Meanwhile, the electrolyte is easy to remain near the liquid injection port, so that the electrolyte near the liquid injection port needs to be cleaned, and the corresponding production process requirements are met.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, the utility model provides a belt cleaning device of battery can wash electric core fast nontoxic to cleaning process full automation has improved the cleaning efficiency and the cleaning performance of electric core, thereby has improved the production quality and the output of electric core.

According to the utility model discloses belt cleaning device of battery, include:

a cabinet having a cleaning space formed therein;

the washing assembly comprises a plurality of first cleaning pieces and a first driving part, the first driving part is arranged on the case, the first cleaning pieces are positioned in the washing space, and the first driving part is suitable for driving the first cleaning pieces to do reciprocating motion and/or rotating motion;

and the fixing assembly is arranged on the case and is suitable for fixing the battery cell in the cleaning space.

According to the utility model discloses belt cleaning device, after electric core got into and washs the space, fixed subassembly was fixed electric core in wasing the space, and reciprocating motion is done under the drive of a drive disk assembly to first cleaning member, washes electric core surface repeatedly, finally realizes the washing to electric core. To sum up, the utility model provides a belt cleaning device can wash electric core fast nontoxic to cleaning process full automation has improved the cleaning efficiency and the cleaning performance of electric core, thereby has improved the production quality and the output of electric core.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, be equipped with the transfer unit in the space of machine incasement portion, be equipped with a plurality of ramps on the transfer unit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first driving part comprises a linear driving member adapted to drive the first cleaning member to slide reciprocally along a length direction of the conveying part;

the first drive member further comprises a rotary drive adapted to drive the first cleaning member in rotation.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the rotary driving member and the linear driving member are both installed outside the chassis, the chassis is provided with a guide groove extending along the direction of the conveying member, and the driving end of the linear driving member extends into the guide groove and is connected to the first cleaning member;

the linear driving piece is suitable for simultaneously driving the rotary driving piece and the first cleaning piece to slide along the guide groove in a reciprocating mode.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of the first cleaning members is plural, the number of the guide grooves is plural, and the plural guide grooves and the plural first cleaning members are provided in one-to-one correspondence;

the guide grooves and the first cleaning pieces are arranged at intervals in the width direction of the conveying component, and a passing gap for allowing the battery cores to pass is formed between every two adjacent first cleaning pieces.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the number of said rotary drive members is plural, each said first cleaning member being connected to at least one said rotary drive member;

the rotary driving pieces are connected with each other through the connecting seat, and the driving end of the linear driving piece is in transmission connection with the connecting seat.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, first cleaning member is cylindrical brush, first cleaning member extends along upper and lower direction, the outer peripheral face evenly distributed of first cleaning member has the brush hair.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment still includes:

and the spraying assembly is arranged on the case and is suitable for spraying water into the cleaning space.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the spray assembly comprises a water supply pipe and a nozzle connected to each other;

the nozzle flow area is gradually increased in the direction away from the water supply pipe, the outlet of the nozzle faces the conveying component, and the nozzle is obliquely arranged relative to the conveying component.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the belt cleaning device of battery still includes:

the pole protection assembly comprises a second driving part and a sealing protection block, wherein the sealing protection block is suitable for moving under the driving of the second driving part so as to be switched between a protection state and an idle state;

in the protection state, the sealing protection block is tightly pressed on the surface of the battery cell, a sealing cavity is formed between the sealing protection block and the surface of the battery cell, and a pole of the battery cell is positioned in the sealing cavity; in the idle state, the sealing protection block is separated from the surface of the battery cell.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the sealing protection block includes a first sealing block and a second sealing block, the first sealing block and the second sealing block are respectively suitable for sealing a positive pole column and a negative pole column of an electrical core, one of the first sealing block and the second sealing block is provided with an input port, and the other is provided with an output port;

in the protection state, the input port is electrically connected with the positive pole column of the battery cell, and the output port is electrically connected with the negative pole column of the battery cell.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the number of the spray assemblies is two groups;

in the length direction of the conveying part, the two groups of spraying assemblies are respectively positioned on two opposite sides of the pole protection assembly, and outlets of the nozzles of the two groups of spraying assemblies are oppositely arranged.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the fixing assembly comprises a stop member and a third drive member, the third drive member being in driving connection with the stop member;

the third driving part is suitable for driving the stop piece to extend downwards into the cleaning space so as to limit the battery cell in the cleaning space; the third driving component is also suitable for driving the stop piece to retract upwards so as to avoid the transportation of the battery core.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the housing of the third driving part is fixed to the chassis, and the driving end of the third driving part is connected to the stopper;

the chassis is also fixedly provided with a guide shaft sleeve, and the stop piece is slidably arranged in the guide shaft sleeve in a penetrating way.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the belt cleaning device of battery still includes second cleaning member and fourth drive disk assembly, fourth drive disk assembly is suitable for the drive the second cleaning member is rotatory, the second cleaning member sets up with electric core relatively in order to be suitable for the top surface that washs electric core.

According to the utility model discloses an embodiment, the belt cleaning device of battery still includes the air supply part, the air supply part is located the exit of quick-witted case, just the air supply part be suitable for to the quick-witted incasement air supply.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the description below are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a cleaning device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view at A in FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a cleaning device provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a partial perspective view of a cleaning assembly provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a pole protection assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a fixing assembly provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a cleaning device installed on a battery production line according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

01. a cleaning device; 1. a chassis; 101. cleaning the space; 102. a guide groove; 11. a conveying member; 12. a guide shaft sleeve; 21. a first cleaning member; 211. passing through the gap; 22. a linear drive; 23. a rotary drive member; 24. a connecting seat; 241. an avoidance groove; 31. a water supply pipe; 32. a nozzle;

41. a second drive member; 42. a first seal block; 421. an input port; 43. a second seal block; 431. an output port; 44. a first fixing frame; 45. a connecting rod; 51. a third drive member; 52. a stopper; 521. an insulating section; 53. a second fixing frame; 61. a fourth drive member; 62. a second cleaning member; 7. a wind feeding member; 8. and (4) making a ramp.

Detailed Description

The following describes embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of describing the embodiments of the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "connected" and "connected" should be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meaning of the above terms in the embodiments of the present invention can be understood in specific cases by those skilled in the art.

In embodiments of the invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature may be directly on or directly under the second feature or indirectly via intermediate members. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of an embodiment of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

A cleaning device for a battery according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, the cleaning device for battery according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a case 1, a cleaning assembly, a fixing assembly and a spraying assembly.

The cabinet 1 is formed with a cleaning space 101 therein. The washing assembly comprises a number of first cleaning elements 21 mounted to the housing 1, the first cleaning elements 21 being located in the washing space 101, and first drive means adapted to drive the first cleaning elements 21 in a reciprocating and/or rotating motion.

The fixing component is arranged on the case 1 and is suitable for fixing the battery cell in the cleaning space 101; the spray assembly is installed in the cabinet 1, and the spray assembly is adapted to spray water into the cleaning space 101.

According to the utility model discloses belt cleaning device, after electric core got into washing space 101, fixed subassembly was fixed electric core in washing space 101, and spray assembly at first opened and to electric core surface shower to the foreign matter on electric core surface tentatively washes, and first cleaning member 21 is reciprocating motion under the drive of first drive assembly afterwards, washes repeatedly electric core surface, finally realizes the washing to electric core. To sum up, the utility model provides a belt cleaning device can wash electric core fast nontoxic to cleaning process full automation has improved the cleaning efficiency and the cleaning performance of electric core, thereby has improved the production quality and the output of electric core.

As shown in fig. 1 to fig. 3, according to the utility model discloses a cleaning device, the below of machine case 1 is equipped with transfer unit 11, and transfer unit 11 can be the conveyer belt, as shown in fig. 7, is equipped with a plurality of ramps 8 that play the guide effect on transfer unit 11, and every ramp 8 can all play the guide effect to electric core. Case 1 has import and export in the length direction of conveyer belt, and the left side of case 1 is ejection of compact direction, and the right side of case 1 is the direction of feed, and its specific working process is as follows: the battery cell enters the cleaning space in the case 1 along with the transportation of the conveyor belt, and the battery cell is fixed in the cleaning space by the fixing component. After electric core is fixed to be accomplished, spray assembly begins to go out high-pressure rivers to washing space 101 in, high-pressure rivers spout the surface of electric core and preliminarily wash the foreign matter on electric core surface, afterwards, first drive assembly opens and drives first cleaning member 21 and be reciprocating motion in washing space 101, the brush hair of first cleaning member 21 brushes the surface of electric core repeatedly at the in-process of motion, thereby carry out degree of depth cleanness to electric core surface, after at least one reciprocal cleaning process, spray assembly continues to spray high-pressure rivers to electric core surface, thereby wash the disconnected hair of the brush that electric core surface probably exists.

After the electric core is cleaned, the fixing component releases the fixing of the electric core, and the electric core moves to the outside of the case 1 along with the transportation of the conveyor belt, and the next procedure is carried out. Remove the in-process outside quick-witted case 1 at electric core, if be equipped with the air supply subassembly on quick-witted case 1, then the subassembly of blowing this moment can blow to electric core to blow off the remaining moisture on electric core surface, be convenient for go on of one process under the electric core.

After the battery cell leaves the cleaning space 101, in order to facilitate the next cleaning operation of the cleaning device, the user may increase the power of the first driving component, so as to increase the moving speed of the first cleaning member 21, and further achieve the spin-drying of the first cleaning member 21. In addition, in the case that the cabinet 1 is installed with the air supply assembly, the air supply assembly can continuously supply air into the cleaning space 101 while the first cleaning member 21 is dried, so that residual moisture and impurities in the whole device are washed away, and the inside of the device is kept dry and tidy.

It should be noted that, in the working process of the cleaning assembly, the time sequence between the reciprocating motion of the first cleaning member 21 and the water spraying motion of the spraying assembly can be adjusted according to the needs of the user, and the present invention is not limited herein. For example, the user can start the spraying assembly for washing after the reciprocating motion of the first cleaning member 21 is completed; for another example, the user can start the spraying assembly to flush after the reciprocating motion of the first cleaning member 21 continues for a certain time; alternatively, the user may first activate the shower assembly for rinsing and then control the first cleaning member 21 to reciprocate.

In addition, the respective duration and operation times of the reciprocating motion of the first cleaning member 21 and the water spraying motion of the spraying assembly can be adjusted according to the needs of users. For example, the first cleaning member 21 may be moved repeatedly for a first period of time, and the spray assembly may be spraying water for a second period of time, wherein the first period of time may be greater than, less than, or equal to the second period of time, and the two actions may or may not be performed simultaneously during the duration; for another example, the number of times of the reciprocating motion of the first cleaning member 21 may be set to one, two or more times according to the user's requirement, and the number of times of the water spraying of the spraying assembly may be set to one or two or more times according to the user's requirement, wherein the water spraying motion of the spraying assembly and the repeated motion of the first cleaning member 21 may be performed alternately, sequentially or simultaneously.

Of course, the above embodiments are only for explaining the working process of the cleaning device of the present invention, and do not constitute specific limitations to the operation steps of the cleaning device of the present invention.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, when the first driving part drives the first cleaning member 21 to perform only one of a reciprocating motion and a rotating motion, the first driving part may only include the linear driving part 22 or the rotary driving part 23, and the motion form of the first cleaning member 21 may be one of a reciprocating rotating motion, a linear reciprocating motion, or a unidirectional rotating motion, for example, the first driving part includes an air cylinder, and the air cylinder drives the first cleaning member 21 to perform a reciprocating sliding motion along the length direction of the conveyor belt; or, the first driving part comprises a motor which drives the first cleaning piece 21 to rotate reciprocally, wherein the first cleaning piece 21 can rotate reciprocally between clockwise direction and anticlockwise direction; still alternatively, the first driving part comprises a motor, and the motor drives the first cleaning member 21 to rotate, wherein the first cleaning member 21 can rotate in a single direction in a clockwise direction or only rotate in a single direction in a counterclockwise direction.

When the first driving part drives the first cleaning member 21 to perform reciprocating motion and rotating motion simultaneously, the first driving part may include a linear driving part 22 and a rotary driving part 23 simultaneously, wherein the linear driving part 22 drives the first cleaning member 21 to perform reciprocating linear motion, and the rotary driving part 23 drives the first cleaning member 21 to perform unidirectional rotation motion or reciprocating rotation motion.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the lower portion of the chassis 1 is provided with the conveying member 11, the first driving member only includes the linear driving member 22, and the linear driving member 22 is adapted to drive the first cleaning member 21 to slide along the length direction of the conveying member 11 (i.e. the feeding direction of the conveying member 11) in a reciprocating manner.

In the embodiment, the first cleaning member 21 only performs linear reciprocating motion, wherein the linear driving member 22 may be a driving member such as an air cylinder or an oil cylinder, and a driving end of the linear driving member 22 (e.g., a driving rod of the oil cylinder or the air cylinder) is connected to the first cleaning member 21. For example, during the washing process of the battery cell, the linear driving element 22 is activated and drives the first cleaning element 21 to repeatedly slide back and forth, so as to repeatedly brush the outer surface of the battery cell.

According to another embodiment of the invention, the first drive member comprises only a rotary drive member 23, the rotary drive member 23 being adapted to drive the first cleaning members 21 in rotation.

In the present embodiment, the first cleaning member 21 only performs a rotational movement, wherein the rotational driving member 23 may be a driving member such as a motor, and a driving end of the rotational driving member 23 (e.g. a motor) is connected to the first cleaning member 21. For example, during the washing process of the battery cell, the motor is started and drives the first cleaning member 21 to rotate, the first cleaning member 21 may be a cylindrical brush, and the first cleaning member 21 performs a unidirectional rotation motion or a reciprocating rotation motion along the central axis thereof, so as to sweep the outer surface of the battery cell.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, according to a further embodiment of the invention, the first drive member comprises a linear drive 22 and a rotary drive 23. Wherein, the rotary driving part 23 is connected with the first cleaning part 21 and drives the first cleaning part 21 to rotate, and the driving end of the linear driving part 22 simultaneously drives the rotary driving part 23 and the first cleaning part 21 to do linear reciprocating motion.

In the present embodiment, the first cleaning member 21 can perform both the linear sliding motion and the rotational motion. For example, during the washing process of the battery cell, the rotary driving member 23 is firstly started to drive the first cleaning member 21 to rotate around the central axis of the first cleaning member, and the linear driving member 22 is then started to drive the first cleaning member 21 to slide back and forth while the first cleaning member 21 rotates.

In some embodiments, the first driving member may be installed outside or inside the chassis 1, and the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, when the first driving part includes both the linear driving part 22 and the rotary driving part 23, the linear driving part 22 and the rotary driving part 23 may be installed outside the cabinet 1 or inside the cabinet 1; alternatively, one of the linear driving member 22 and the rotary driving member 23 is installed outside the cabinet 1, and the other is installed inside the cabinet 1.

As shown in fig. 2, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the rotary driving member 23 and the linear driving member 22 are both installed outside the machine case 1, the machine case 1 is provided with a guide groove 102 extending along the length direction of the conveying member 11, and the driving end of the rotary driving member 23 extends into the guide groove 102 and is connected to the first cleaning member 21.

The linear drive 22 is adapted to simultaneously drive the rotary drive 23 and the first cleaning members 21 to slide reciprocally along the guide slots 102.

Thus, on one hand, the linear driving part 22 and the rotary driving part 23 are both arranged outside the case 1, so that the space in the cleaning space 101 is avoided being occupied, the size of the case 1 is not required to be overlarge, and the installation and the disassembly of the whole device are convenient; on the other hand, the guide groove 102 disposed on the chassis 1 can play a guiding role in the process of the first cleaning member 21 performing the linear reciprocating motion, so that the reciprocating motion of the first cleaning member 21 is more stable and smooth.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the rotary driving member 23 is a cylinder, the rotary driving member 23 is a motor, a housing of the cylinder is fixed on an outer wall surface of a top plate of the chassis 1, a driving end of the cylinder is connected to a housing of the motor, and a driving end of the motor extends into the guide groove 102 and is connected to the first cleaning member 21. The pushing and pulling direction of the air cylinder and the extending direction of the guide groove 102 are both parallel to the length direction of the conveying part 11, the first cleaning piece 21 is a cylindrical brush, and the first cleaning piece 21 extends along a direction perpendicular to the conveying part 11, that is, the pushing and pulling direction of the air cylinder is perpendicular to the length direction of the first cleaning piece 21. Of course, the above-mentioned embodiment is only one of many embodiments of the present invention, and does not constitute a specific limitation to the first driving part and the first cleaning member 21 of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1 and 4, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of the first cleaning members 21 is plural, and correspondingly, the number of the guide grooves 102 is plural.

The plurality of guide grooves 102 and the plurality of first cleaning members 21 are arranged at intervals in the width direction of the conveying member 11, and a passage gap 211 through which the battery cells pass is formed between every two adjacent first cleaning members 21.

In this way, a plurality of passing gaps 211 can be formed among the first cleaning members 21, and each passing gap 211 can clean one battery cell, so that the cleaning device can clean a plurality of battery cells at the same time, and the cleaning efficiency of the battery cells is further improved.

It should be noted that, in the above embodiment, the plurality of first cleaning members 21 may be driven to rotate by one rotary driving member 23 at the same time, or may be driven to rotate by a plurality of rotary driving members 23; the plurality of first cleaning members 21 may be driven to slide by the same linear driving member 22, or may be driven to slide by a plurality of linear driving members 22. The present invention is not limited to the number of the rotary driving members 23 and the number of the linear driving members 22.

As shown in fig. 1, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of the linear driving members 22 is one, the number of the rotary driving members 23 is plural, and the plural rotary driving members 23 are respectively connected to the plural first cleaning members 21 in a one-to-one correspondence. The plurality of rotary driving members 23 are connected to each other by a connecting seat 24, and the driving end of the linear driving member 22 is drivingly connected to the connecting seat 24.

In this embodiment, since the rotation motions of the first cleaning members 21 are performed independently, a user can selectively turn on or off the corresponding rotation driving member 23 according to the degree of contamination on the surface of the battery cell, so that the battery cell cleaning process is more targeted, and unnecessary power waste is avoided.

According to the utility model discloses a further embodiment, linear driving piece 22, rotary driving piece 23 and first cleaning member 21's quantity is a plurality of one-to-one, and like this, every first cleaning member 21's rotary motion and linear reciprocating motion are each carried out independently, and consequently, belt cleaning device has bigger degree of freedom in the cleaning process of electric core, and the user can be according to actual demand, controls whether the rotary motion and the linear reciprocating motion of every brush go on.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first cleaning member 21 is a cylindrical brush, the first cleaning member 21 extends in the vertical direction, and bristles are uniformly distributed on the outer circumferential surface of the first cleaning member 21. For example, the height direction of the cylindrical brush is perpendicular to the conveying member 11, and the cylindrical brush (i.e., the first cleaning member 21) can rotate around its central axis and can also slide back and forth during the washing process of the battery cell. Of course, the first cleaning member 21 may be a brush with other shapes, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

As shown in fig. 3, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the spray assembly includes a water supply pipe 31 and a spray nozzle 32 connected to each other. The water supply pipe 31 penetrates through the side wall of the case 1 and extends into the cleaning space 101, and an outlet of the water supply pipe 31 is provided with a nozzle 32, and when the battery cell is fixed in the cleaning space 101, the nozzle 32 is arranged towards the battery cell. For example, the outlet of the nozzle 32 is directed toward the conveying member 11, and the nozzle 32 is disposed obliquely with respect to the conveying member 11.

As shown in fig. 3, in one embodiment of the present invention, the flow area of the nozzle 32 is gradually increased in a direction away from the water supply pipe 31. Therefore, the water sent out by the water supply pipe 31 can be sprayed to a larger range and cover more spaces under the guiding action of the nozzle 32, the spraying range of the spraying assembly is improved, and the cleaning effect of the battery cell is indirectly improved. For example, the nozzle 32 is a bell nozzle.

As shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments of the present invention, at least two groups of spraying assemblies may be installed on the chassis 1, for example, each group of spraying assemblies corresponds to one passing gap 211; or, in the cleaning process of the battery cell, the two groups of spraying assemblies are respectively and correspondingly arranged on the front side and the rear side of the battery cell.

As shown in fig. 5, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the cleaning device further includes a pole protection assembly. The pole protection assembly comprises a second drive part 41 and a sealing protection block adapted to move under the drive of the second drive part 41 to switch between a protection state and an idle state.

In a protection state, the sealing protection block is tightly pressed on the surface of the battery cell, a sealing cavity is formed between the sealing protection block and the surface of the battery cell, and a pole of the battery cell is positioned in the sealing cavity; in an idle state, the sealing protection block is separated from the surface of the battery cell.

Like this, before spray assembly sprayed water to electric core, second drive component 41 drive sealed protection piece compressed tightly to electric core surface for the utmost point post of electric core is sealed in the sealed intracavity between sealed protection piece and electric core surface, thereby plays sealed guard action to the utmost point post, avoids inside water infiltration electric core when wasing electric core, has guaranteed the quality and the reliability of electric core.

The second driving component 41 may be disposed inside or outside the chassis 1, and the second driving component 41 drives the sealing protection block to extend and retract, so that the sealing protection block is switched between a protection state and an idle state, specifically, the second driving component 41 may be an air cylinder or an oil cylinder.

As shown in fig. 5, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the sealing protection block includes a first sealing block 42 and a second sealing block 43, the first sealing block 42 and the second sealing block 43 are respectively suitable for sealing the positive pole and the negative pole of the battery cell, one of the first sealing block 42 and the second sealing block 43 is provided with an input port 421, and the other is provided with an output port 431.

In the protection state, the input port 421 is electrically connected to the positive post of the cell, and the output port 431 is electrically connected to the negative post of the cell.

When the sealing protection block is in a protection state, if the reliability of the sealing cavity is poor, the quality and reliability of the battery cell after cleaning cannot be guaranteed, so that a structure for verifying whether the sealing cavity is reliable is added in the embodiment, specifically, after the sealing protection block is switched to the protection state, positive pressure is input into the input port 421 from the outside, and when the output port 431 outputs normal voltage, the reliability of the sealing cavity is proved to meet the requirement, and at the moment, the spraying component can be directly started to clean the battery cell without worrying about the problem that water permeates into the battery cell; when the output voltage of the output port 431 is abnormal, the reliability of the sealed cavity is proved to be not satisfactory.

As shown in fig. 5, in a specific embodiment, the second driving part 41 is a cylinder, a housing of the cylinder is mounted on an outer wall surface of a top plate of the cabinet 1 through a first fixing frame 44, a driving end of the cylinder extends downward and is connected to a plurality of connecting rods 45, bottom ends of the connecting rods 45 penetrate through the top plate of the cabinet 1 and extend into the cleaning space 101, a guide shaft sleeve 12 is arranged between the connecting rods 45 and the top plate of the cabinet 1, and the connecting rods 45 perform telescopic movement in the up-and-down direction under the driving action of the cylinder and the guiding action of the guide shaft sleeve 12.

The bottom of each connecting rod 45 is provided with a first sealing block 42 and a second sealing block 43, the bottom of the first sealing block 42 is open and forms a groove, and the structure of the second sealing block 43 is the same as that of the first sealing block 42. The first sealing block 42 is used for sealing a positive pole of the battery cell, and an input port 421 is arranged at the top of the first sealing block 42; the second sealing block 43 is used for sealing the negative electrode of the battery core, and the top of the second sealing block 43 is provided with an output port 431.

Before the spraying assembly sprays water, the driving end of the second driving part 41 extends downwards, so as to drive the first sealing block 42 and the second sealing block 43 to be respectively pressed onto the surfaces of the electric cores, at this time, a sealing cavity (not shown in the figure) for sealing the positive pole is formed between the groove (not shown in the figure) of the first sealing block 42 and the surface of the electric core, and a sealing cavity (not shown in the figure) for sealing the negative pole is formed between the groove (not shown in the figure) of the second sealing block 43 and the surface of the electric core.

In order to verify the reliability of the sealed cavity, a user can input positive voltage into the sealed cavity of the first sealing block 42 through the input port 421, when the voltage output of the output port 431 is normal, it is proved that the reliability of the sealed cavity meets the use requirement, and then the user can normally open the spraying assembly to clean the battery cell.

As shown in fig. 3, in one embodiment of the present invention, the number of the spray assemblies is two. In the length direction of the conveying component 11, the two groups of spraying assemblies are respectively positioned at two opposite sides of the pole protection assembly, and the outlets of the nozzles 32 of the two groups of spraying assemblies are oppositely arranged. Therefore, more surfaces of the battery cell can be sprayed with water, and the cleaning effect of the battery cell is improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the fixing component may be a clamping structure, a stopping structure, or a magnetic attraction structure, etc., that is, the fixing component may fix the electrical core by various ways such as clamping, stopping, magnetic attraction, etc., for example, the fixing component includes a clamping hand, and the clamping hand clamps the electrical core to fix the electrical core in the cleaning space 101; for another example, the fixing component includes an electromagnet, and the electromagnet is electrified to attract the battery cell, so as to fix the battery cell. Of course, the present invention is not limited herein, as long as the fixing component can fix the battery cell in the cleaning space 101.

As shown in fig. 6, in an embodiment of the present invention, the fixing assembly comprises a stopper 52 and a third driving member 51, and the third driving member 51 is in transmission connection with the stopper 52.

The third drive member 51 is adapted to drive the stopper 52 downwardly into the washing space 101 to confine the cells within the washing space 101; the third drive member 51 is also adapted to drive the stopper 52 to retract upwards to avoid transport of the cells.

In the embodiment, the third driving component 51 drives the stopper 52 to perform telescopic motion, when the battery cell starts to be cleaned, the third driving component 51 drives the stopper 52 to extend downwards, so that the stopper 52 extends into the cleaning space 101, and at this time, the stopper 52 is located on an advancing path of the battery cell, so that the stopper 52 can block the advancing of the battery cell, thereby limiting the battery cell in the cleaning space 101; after the cell cleaning is completed, the third driving component 51 drives the stopper 52 to retract upwards, so that the stopper 52 avoids the advancing path of the cell, thereby contacting and stopping the advancing movement of the cell, and at this time, the cell can be transported out from the cleaning space 101 under the transportation of the conveying component 11, so as to continue the next process.

The utility model discloses a further embodiment, stop part 52 also can be flexible along left right direction, and stop part 52 can stretch into in the washing space 101 along left right direction this moment, also can retract outside washing space 101 along opposite direction to the effect of blockking of stop part 52 to electric core can be realized equally, and then the electric core is fixed in washing space 101.

As shown in fig. 6, in a specific embodiment, in the case that the cleaning device has a plurality of passing gaps 211, the fixing component includes a plurality of stop members 52, and the plurality of stop members 52 respectively correspond to the plurality of passing gaps 211 one by one, so that each battery cell passing through the gap 211 can be fixed, thereby facilitating the subsequent cleaning process.

As shown in fig. 6, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the housing of the third driving part 51 is fixed to the cabinet 1, and the driving end of the third driving part 51 is connected to the stopper 52. The case 1 is further fixed with a guide shaft sleeve 12, and the stop member 52 is slidably inserted into the guide shaft sleeve 12. In this way, the guide sleeve 12 can guide the movement of the stopper 52, so that the process of extending and retracting the stopper 52 is more smoothly and stably performed.

In some embodiments, in the case that the number of the stoppers 52 is plural, the number of the guide shaft sleeves 12 may be one, two or more, and when the number of the guide shaft sleeves 12 is plural, the plural guide shaft sleeves 12 are respectively sleeved on the outer sides of the different stoppers 52, thereby simultaneously guiding the plural stoppers 52. Of course, the utility model discloses do not specifically limit to the quantity of guide bush 12, as long as guide bush 12 can play the guide effect can.

As shown in fig. 6, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the bottom end of the stopper 52 forms an insulating portion 521. Thus, the electricity between the battery cell and the stop piece 52 can be avoided, and the safety in the cleaning process is ensured. For example, a rubber insulating layer is provided around the outer peripheral surface of the bottom end of the stopper 52.

As shown in fig. 3, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the cleaning device further includes a second cleaning member 62 and a fourth driving member 61, the fourth driving member 61 is adapted to drive the second cleaning member 62 to rotate, the second cleaning member 62 is disposed opposite to the injection port of the battery cell so as to be adapted to clean the injection port of the battery cell, and can clean other portions of the top surface of the battery cell. For example, the fourth driving member 61 is a motor or the like.

Wherein, the rotatory process of second cleaning member 62 (also wash the process that the liquid mouth was annotated to electric core), the process of first cleaning member 21 motion and the process of spray assembly water spray can go on simultaneously, also can go on according to the precedence order, the utility model discloses do not specially limit here, the user can set for above-mentioned time sequence relation by oneself according to the user demand.

As shown in fig. 3, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the cleaning device further includes an air supply part 7, the air supply part 7 is disposed at the outlet of the case 1, and the air supply part 7 is adapted to supply air into the case 1.

Therefore, on one hand, after the battery cell is cleaned, the air supply component 7 can supply air to the battery cell to blow dry the residual moisture on the surface of the battery cell, so that the subsequent processes are facilitated; on the other hand, the air supply component 7 can also supply air to the parts in the cleaning space 101, and in the air supply process, the user can also control the first cleaning component 21 and the second cleaning component 62 to move so as to accelerate the drying of the moisture, so that the dryness of the parts in the cleaning space 101 is ensured, the problems of rusting and the like are avoided, and the service life of the cleaning device is ensured.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, conveying part 11 can adopt structures such as conveyer belt, conveying chain, for example, conveying part 11 adopts the chain structure, and water accumulation can prevent when wasing at the conveying chain to avoid electric core to skid on the transfer chain or the appearance of electric core short circuit scheduling problem.

A specific embodiment of a cleaning device for a battery according to the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, the cleaning apparatus includes a cabinet 1, a conveying member 11, a blowing member 7, a fixing member, a cleaning member, a shower member, and a pole protection member. The conveying part 11 is a conveying belt which is arranged below the case 1 and is suitable for conveying the battery cells from an inlet of the case 1 to an outlet of the case 1, a cleaning space 101 is formed in the case 1, an air supply part 7 is arranged at the outlet of the case 1, and the air supply part 7 is an air knife.

The fixing assembly comprises a stop member 52 and a third driving member 51, the third driving member 51 is fixed on the outer side of the top plate of the cabinet 1 through a second fixing frame 53, the third driving member 51 is an air cylinder, the third driving member 51 drives the stop members 52 to extend and retract along the vertical direction, each stop member 52 is rod-shaped, the bottom end of each stop member 52 extends into the cleaning space 101, and an insulating part 521 is formed at the bottom end of each stop member 52. The third drive member 51 is adapted to drive the stop member 52 into the vicinity of the conveyor belt, so as to stop the movement of the cell and thus to achieve the fixation of the cell in the washing space 101.

The washing unit includes a linear driving member 22 (e.g., an air cylinder) and a plurality of rotary driving members 23 (e.g., motors), and the linear driving member 22 and the plurality of rotary driving members 23 are installed on the outer wall surface of the ceiling plate of the cabinet 1. The plurality of rotary driving parts 23 are respectively connected with the plurality of first cleaning parts 21 in a one-to-one correspondence manner, the plurality of rotary driving parts 23 are all connected through a connecting seat 24, and the driving end of the linear driving part 22 is connected with the connecting seat 24. The top plate of the case 1 is provided with a plurality of guide grooves 102 which are parallel to each other and distributed at intervals along the width direction of the conveyor belt, the first cleaning pieces 21 extend into the cleaning space 101 through the guide grooves 102, the first cleaning pieces 21 are cylindrical, bristles are uniformly distributed on the peripheral surface of each first cleaning piece 21, and a passing gap 211 through which a power supply line passes is defined between every two adjacent first cleaning pieces 21.

The pole protection assembly comprises a second driving part 41, a plurality of connecting rods 45, a first sealing block 42 and a second sealing block 43, the second driving part 41 is fixed above the top plate of the case 1 through a first fixing frame 44, each connecting rod 45 penetrates through the top plate of the case 1 and extends into the cleaning space 101, and the bottom end of each connecting rod 45 is provided with the first sealing block 42 and the second sealing block 43.

The spray assembly comprises a water feeding pipe 31 and a nozzle 32, the nozzle 32 is horn-shaped, the nozzle 32 faces the conveyor belt and is obliquely arranged relative to the conveyor belt, two groups of spray assemblies are respectively arranged on the front side and the rear side of the pole protection assembly, and the nozzles 32 of the two groups of spray assemblies are oppositely arranged.

Still be equipped with on the connecting seat 24 and dodge groove 241, at the in-process of the first cleaning member 21 motion of linear drive spare 22 drive, connecting seat 24 can dodge the connecting rod 45 in the utmost point post protection component through dodging groove 241, and the first cleaning member 21 of being convenient for smoothly carries out reciprocating sliding.

A fourth driving part 61 and a second cleaning part 62 are further arranged on the top plate of the case 1, the second cleaning part 62 extends into the cleaning space 101, and the second cleaning part 62 is driven by the fourth driving part 61 to rotate so as to clean the liquid injection port of the battery cell.

The specific working process of the cleaning device of the present invention is described below.

The cells are transported into the washing space 101 by a conveyor belt. The driving end of the third driving part 51 protrudes downwards and the stopper 52 blocks the cell. Meanwhile, the driving end of the second driving member 41 is pressed down, and the first sealing block 42 and the second sealing block 43 respectively press the surfaces of the electric core and form a sealing cavity, wherein the positive and negative poles of the electric core are sealed in the sealing cavity. At this time, the outside inputs positive pressure into the sealed cavity through the input port 421 to verify whether the sealed cavity is reliable.

After the seal cavity is verified to be reliable, the high-pressure nozzle 32 of the spray assembly sprays water to the battery cell to primarily clean dirt on the surface of the battery cell. After 3 seconds, the first cleaning members 21 start to rotate under the driving of the rotary driving member 23, and while the first cleaning members 21 rotate, the linear driving member 22 drives all the first cleaning members 21 to make reciprocating linear motion, so as to repeatedly clean the surface of the battery cell. After the first cleaning member 21 makes one reciprocating linear motion, the first cleaning member 21 stops rotating.

The high-pressure nozzle 32 of the spray assembly sprays water again, so that brush broken hairs possibly existing on the surface of the battery cell are cleaned. While the first cleaning member 21 cleans the outer surface of the cell, the second cleaning member 62 is rotated at a high speed by the fourth driving member 61, so as to clean the electrolyte around the cell filling port. After all washing of electric core were accomplished, the drive end of third driver part 51 upwards contracts to drive stop part 52 and rise and relieve stopping to electric core, the conveyer belt takes electric core to the air knife down simultaneously, and electric core passes through the conveyer belt behind the air knife, and the air knife can blow off electric core surface residual water.

After the battery cell comes out of the cleaning space 101, the first cleaning member 21 and the second cleaning member 62 are accelerated to spin dry the residual water, and the air knife is activated to blow off the residual water in the cleaning space 101.

According to the utility model discloses belt cleaning device adopts the industry running water to wash, and water can cyclic utilization to the operation cost has been reduced.

Furthermore, the device realizes automatic cleaning of the surface of the battery cell through mechanical motion, and the action is reliable; in addition, the device has the advantages of low manufacturing cost, low operation cost, high cleaning speed and thorough cleaning effect, and can greatly improve the productivity of the device.

The above embodiments are only for illustrating the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various combinations, modifications or equivalent substitutions may be made to the technical solution of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present invention, and all of the technical solutions should be covered by the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A cleaning device for a battery, comprising:

a cabinet having a cleaning space formed therein;

the washing assembly comprises a plurality of first cleaning pieces and a first driving part, the first driving part is arranged on the chassis, the first cleaning pieces are positioned in the washing space, and the first driving part is suitable for driving the first cleaning pieces to do reciprocating motion and/or rotating motion;

2. The battery washing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a transfer member is provided in the space inside the casing, and the transfer member is provided with a plurality of ramps.

3. The battery washing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first drive member comprises a linear drive adapted to drive the first cleaning member to slide back and forth along the length of the conveyor member;

4. The battery washing apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the rotary driving member and the linear driving member are both installed outside the casing, the casing is provided with a guide slot extending along the direction of the conveying member, and a driving end of the linear driving member extends into the guide slot and is connected to the first cleaning member;

5. The battery washing apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the number of the first cleaning members is plural, and the number of the guide grooves is plural; the guide grooves and the first cleaning pieces are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner;

the guide grooves and the first cleaning pieces are arranged at intervals in the width direction of the conveying part, and a passing gap for allowing the battery core to pass through is formed between every two adjacent first cleaning pieces.

6. The battery washing apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the number of the rotary driving members is plural, and each of the first cleaning members is connected to at least one of the rotary driving members;

7. The battery washing apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the first cleaning member is a cylindrical brush, the first cleaning member extends in an up-down direction, and bristles are uniformly distributed on an outer circumferential surface of the first cleaning member.

8. The battery washing apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein a spray assembly is mounted to the cabinet, the spray assembly being adapted to spray water into the washing space.

9. The battery washing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the spray assembly comprises a water supply pipe and a spray nozzle connected to each other;

10. The battery washing apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:

in the protection state, the sealing protection block compresses the surface of the battery cell, a sealing cavity is formed between the sealing protection block and the surface of the battery cell, and a pole of the battery cell is positioned in the sealing cavity; in the idle state, the sealing protection block is separated from the surface of the battery cell.

11. The cleaning device for the battery according to claim 10, wherein the sealing protection block comprises a first sealing block and a second sealing block, the first sealing block and the second sealing block are respectively suitable for sealing a positive pole and a negative pole of the battery core, one of the first sealing block and the second sealing block is provided with an input port, and the other sealing block is provided with an output port;

12. The battery cleaning apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the number of the shower assemblies is two;

13. The battery washing apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the fixing assembly includes a stopper and a third driving part, the third driving part being in driving connection with the stopper;

the third driving part is suitable for driving the stop piece to extend downwards into the cleaning space so as to limit the battery core in the cleaning space; the third driving component is also suitable for driving the stop piece to retract upwards so as to avoid the transportation of the battery core.

14. The battery washing apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the housing of the third driving part is fixed to the cabinet, and the driving end of the third driving part is connected to the stopper;

15. The battery washing device of any one of claims 1-6, further comprising a second cleaning member and a fourth driving member, wherein the fourth driving member is adapted to drive the second cleaning member to rotate, and the second cleaning member is disposed opposite to the cell and adapted to wash the top surface of the cell.

16. The battery washing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising an air blowing member provided at an outlet of the casing and adapted to blow air into the casing.