JP3033466U - Funnel for replenishing battery liquid - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) 【Abstract】 PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the battery fluid from spilling around when replenishing the battery fluid. Make it easy and accurate to replenish the battery fluid even if the battery container wall is covered with a plastic cover or is dirty. A funnel body (10) having a neck (1) to be inserted into a liquid injection port (82) of a battery (8) and a liquid receiving body (2) having a large diameter is continuously provided. The funnel body 10 is provided with a cylindrical support body 4, and the shaft body 5 having the float 51 and the liquid level display portion 52 is vertically movably inserted into the support body 4. The liquid receiving body 2 is provided with graduations 25a to 25h corresponding to the appropriate liquid level determined according to various types of the battery 8.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a funnel for replenishing battery liquid, which is used for replenishing battery liquid with a battery.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, when the battery fluid of a battery used as a power source for automobiles, industrial machinery, etc. has fallen below a specified amount, replenishment of the battery fluid is performed by opening the plug of the battery injection port and filling the container with the battery fluid. The battery fluid was poured directly from the pouring port to the pouring port of the battery.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 However, if the container containing the battery liquid is tilted and the battery liquid is poured directly from the pouring port into the battery liquid pouring port, the battery liquid often spills around the liquid pouring port and contaminates the battery. there were. Also, since the above liquid injection port is small, it is difficult to replenish the battery liquid while observing the liquid level of the battery liquid in the battery from the liquid injection port. There was a problem that it was difficult to find out.

It is also possible to replenish the battery liquid while checking the liquid level of the battery liquid through the wall of the battery container. However, in recent car batteries, the battery liquid is used as a measure against heat. Since it is often covered with a plastic cover, it is difficult to check the liquid level of the battery liquid through the battery container wall in such a battery. Even if the battery is not covered with a plastic cover, if the battery container wall is dirty with oil or dust, it is still difficult to see the liquid level of the battery liquid through the battery container wall.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances and problems, and reduces the risk of spilling battery fluid, and even when the battery container wall is covered with a plastic cover or is dirty. An object of the present invention is to provide a funnel for replenishing battery liquid, which allows easy and accurate replenishment of battery liquid while checking the liquid level of the battery.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In the funnel for replenishing battery liquid according to the first aspect of the present invention, a tubular body having a small diameter which is inserted into the liquid inlet of the battery is connected to a liquid receiving body having a liquid receiving port larger in diameter than the neck. The funnel main body is provided with a contact portion for positioning the funnel main body with respect to the liquid injection port by hitting the liquid injection port when the neck portion is inserted into the liquid injection port. The deployed tubular support body and its funnel body are fixed via a connecting member, and a battery liquid passage is formed between the support body and the inner surface of the funnel body. A shaft with a float that floats in the battery fluid is inserted into the lower end of the shaft so that it can move up and down, and the height level of the float that floats in the battery fluid is located at a predetermined location on the shaft protruding above the support. To make the user recognize Level display portion is provided, is that.

In the funnel for replenishing battery liquid of the present invention, since the liquid receiving port of the liquid receiving body is large in diameter, the battery liquid can be easily passed through the liquid receiving port from the pouring port of the container containing the battery liquid. It can be poured into the liquid receiving body. The battery liquid poured into the liquid receiving body flows into the battery from the liquid receiving body via the battery liquid passage and the cylindrical neck portion inserted into the liquid inlet of the battery. In this way, the battery solution is replenished.

When the battery liquid is replenished as described above, the liquid surface level of the battery gradually rises. Then, when the float floats on the battery liquid, the float also rises as the liquid level of the battery liquid rises, so the liquid level display section also rises together with the shaft body, and the liquid level display section rises. It is possible to recognize the height level of the float and thus the liquid level of the battery. Therefore, the user can check the position of the battery level indicator by looking into the liquid level indicator from the liquid receiving port or by looking through the barrel wall of the receiver barrel to check the position of the battery level indicator. You can know whether the liquid level has become appropriate.

The funnel for replenishing battery liquid according to a second aspect of the present invention is the funnel according to the first aspect, wherein the funnel body is provided with the liquid level indicator on the body wall of the liquid receiving body of the funnel body. It also has a scale corresponding to the proper liquid level determined according to the various types of batteries mentioned above.

According to the battery liquid refilling funnel of this invention, the battery liquid is replenished while considering the liquid level display unit, and the liquid level display unit is located at the position indicating the scale according to the type of the battery. If you stop refilling the battery fluid when it rises, the battery fluid will be replenished so that the liquid level of that type of battery will be an appropriate level.

A funnel for replenishing battery fluid according to a third aspect of the present invention is the funnel according to the first or second aspect, wherein the float and the liquid level indicator are the shaft body and the support body. It is also used as a stopper to prevent it from passing and falling. In order to use the float and the liquid surface level display portion as stoppers as in the present invention, the float and the liquid surface level display portion may be larger than the diameter of the support. If the float and the liquid level display are also used as stoppers in this way, the shaft equipped with the float and the liquid level display may fall off from the funnel body when carrying the funnel around. Absent .

[0012]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 1 is a front view showing a partially broken view of a funnel A for replenishing a battery liquid according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing a usage state of the refilling funnel A, and FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway front view for explaining the operation of the battery fluid refilling funnel A.

As shown in FIG. 1, the funnel A has a funnel body 10 integrally including a small-diameter cylindrical neck portion 1 and a liquid receiving barrel portion 2 having a diameter larger than the neck portion 1. The funnel body 10 is made of a synthetic resin molding. As can be seen in FIGS. 3 and 4, the neck portion 1 has a diameter that allows it to be inserted into the liquid injection port 82 of the battery 8. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the liquid receiving body 2 is connected to a cylindrical portion 22 having a liquid receiving port 21 having a diameter larger than that of the neck 1 at the upper end and a lower end of the cylindrical portion 22. And an inclined cylindrical portion 23 having a downward constricted shape, and the lower end portion of the inclined cylindrical portion 23 is connected to the neck portion 1. The diameter of the liquid receiving port 21 is large enough to allow the battery liquid to easily flow into the liquid receiving port 21 from the pouring port 91 by tilting the container 9 containing the battery liquid shown in FIG. Is becoming. Further, in the funnel body 10, when the neck portion 1 is inserted into the liquid injection port 21 of the battery 8, the contact part hits the liquid injection port 21 and positions the funnel body 10 with respect to the liquid injection port 21. 3 is provided. As can be seen in FIG. 4, in this embodiment, the contact portion 3 is also used by the inclined cylindrical portion 23.

A tubular support body 4 is provided at a concentric location inside the funnel body 10, and the support body 4 is connected to the neck portion 1 and the liquid receiving body portion 2 of the funnel body 10 via a connecting member 41. It is fixed at the continuous location of. The connecting member 41 in the illustrated example is formed into a disc shape integrally with the support 4 and the funnel body 10, and a battery liquid is provided in a circular shape at a plurality of locations around the support 4. A passage 42 is formed.

A shaft 5 is loosely inserted in the support 4 so that the shaft 5 can move up and down with respect to the support 4. A float 51, which is a hollow sphere made of synthetic resin or another sphere having a small specific gravity, is fixed to the lower end of the shaft 5, and a liquid level display portion laterally projected to the upper end of the shaft 5. 52 is provided. The straight diameter of the float 51 is larger than the inner diameter of the support 4, and the protruding length of the liquid level indicator 52 is also larger than the inner diameter of the support 4. Therefore, the float 51 and the liquid level indicator 52 also serve as a stopper for preventing the shaft 5 from passing through the support 4 and falling off. The float 51 is fixed to the lower end of the shaft body 5 after the shaft body 5 is inserted into the support body 4 from above and then joined with an adhesive or screwed. is there .

A plurality of scales 25 a to 25 h indicated by the liquid level display unit 52 are provided on the body wall of the liquid receiving body 2 of the funnel body 10. Each of these scales 25a to 25h represents an appropriate liquid level determined according to each of various types of batteries in which the funnel A can be used to replenish the battery liquid. In other words, there are various types of batteries for diesel vehicles, ordinary passenger vehicles, light passenger vehicles, and various other industrial machines, and the appropriate liquid level in each type of battery container is It is not always the same, but rather the appropriate liquid level is often different. In order to deal with such a situation, the scales 25a to 25h are provided. For example, the top three scales 25a, 25b, 25c correspond to three types of batteries for diesel vehicles, and the other scales 25d. ~ 25h corresponds to ordinary passenger cars and light passenger cars. Then, each scale 25a to 25h is provided with a display (not shown) indicating which type of battery the scale corresponds to.

In the funnel A described above, the float 51 and the liquid level display portion 52 are also used as stoppers for preventing the shaft body 5 from falling off the support body 4, and therefore the funnel A is used. The shaft body 5 including the float 51 and the liquid level display portion 52 does not fall off from the funnel body 10 when being carried around by hand.

When replenishing the battery fluid using the funnel A, as shown in FIG. 4, until the contact portion 3 of the funnel body 10, that is, the inclined cylinder portion 23 of the liquid receiving body portion 2 hits the liquid injection port 82. When the neck portion 1 is inserted into the liquid injection port 82 of the battery 8, the funnel body 10 is positioned with respect to the liquid injection port 21. Accordingly, any one of the scales 25a to 25h corresponds to the type of the battery. Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the container 9 containing the battery liquid is tilted, and the battery liquid (indicated by the arrow L) is poured into the liquid receiving port 21 of the funnel A from the pouring port 91, and the liquid receiving barrel The battery liquid L that has entered the portion 2 flows into the battery 8 from the liquid receiving body portion 2 through the battery liquid passage 42 and the neck portion 1 and is replenished with the battery liquid L.

When the battery liquid L is replenished in this way, the liquid level of the battery 8 gradually rises. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, when the float 51 floats on the battery liquid L, the float 51 also rises as the liquid level of the battery liquid L rises. The display unit 52 also rises, and by observing the liquid level display unit 52, the height level of the float 51 and thus the liquid level of the battery 8 can be recognized.

Therefore, the user looks through the liquid receiving port 21 into the liquid level display section 52 or sees through the body wall of the liquid receiving body 2 to see the position of the liquid level display section 52. By checking, it is possible to know whether the liquid level of the battery 8 has reached a level between the low level line L and the high level line H (see FIG. 4) attached to the container wall of the battery 8. Is possible. However, in order to confirm whether or not the liquid level of the battery 8 has become appropriate by visually observing the position of the liquid level display unit 52 as described above, it requires skill and lacks accuracy. I can't deny that.

In this regard, if the battery liquid L is replenished using any one of the scales 25a to 25h indicated by the liquid level display section 52 as a guide, the liquid level of the battery does not need to be refined. Can be set to an appropriate level accurately. That is, for example, when the scale corresponding to the type of the battery 8 is the scale indicated by the reference numeral 25d, when the liquid level display unit 52 rises to the position indicating the scale 25d, the battery liquid L is replenished. By stopping, the liquid level of the battery 8 becomes an appropriate level between the low level line L and the high level line H attached to the container wall of the battery 8.

[0022]

[Effect of the invention]

 According to the present invention, it becomes easy to replenish the battery liquid without spilling the battery liquid around the liquid injection port of the battery, and moreover, the battery liquid can be brought to an appropriate level while checking the liquid level of the battery. It will be possible to easily and accurately replenish the work.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of a funnel for replenishing a battery liquid according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a usage state of the funnel for replenishing the battery liquid.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway front view for explaining the operation of the battery fluid refilling funnel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Battery fluid refilling funnel L Battery fluid 1 Neck 2 Liquid receiving body 3 Contact area 4 Support 5 Shaft 8 Battery 10 Funnel main body 21 Liquid receiving port 25a-25h Scale 41 Connecting member 42 Battery liquid passage 51 Float 52 Liquid level Level indicator 82 Filling port

Claims (3)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A funnel body in which a liquid receiving barrel having a liquid receiving port larger in diameter than the neck is connected to a tubular small-diameter neck inserted into a liquid inlet of a battery, and the neck is attached to the neck. A contact part is provided for positioning the funnel body with respect to the injection port when it hits the injection port when inserted into the injection port.
The tubular support provided inside the funnel body and the funnel body are fixed via a connecting member, and a battery liquid passage is formed between the support and the inner surface of the funnel body. The shaft having a float floating on the battery liquid at its lower end is vertically inserted into the support, and the shaft floating above the battery is placed at a predetermined position of the shaft protruding above the support. A funnel for replenishing battery liquid, which is provided with a liquid level display portion for allowing the user to recognize the height level of the float. 2. A scale corresponding to a proper liquid level indicated by the liquid level indicator and determined according to various types of the battery is provided on the barrel wall of the liquid receiving barrel of the funnel body. The funnel for replenishing a battery fluid according to claim 1, wherein the funnel is a battery fluid replenisher. 3. The float and the liquid level indicator are used also as a stopper for preventing the shaft from passing through the support and falling off. The funnel for refilling the battery fluid described.