JPH05227671A - Battery charger equipped with reconditioning function - Google Patents
Battery charger equipped with reconditioning functionInfo
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- JPH05227671A JPH05227671A JP4023094A JP2309492A JPH05227671A JP H05227671 A JPH05227671 A JP H05227671A JP 4023094 A JP4023094 A JP 4023094A JP 2309492 A JP2309492 A JP 2309492A JP H05227671 A JPH05227671 A JP H05227671A
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- battery
- voltage
- terminal voltage
- reconditioning
- charging
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Abstract
Description
【0001】[0001]
【産業上の利用分野】本発明はリコンディショニング機
能付きバッテリ充電器に関し、特に民生用として多用さ
れているニッケル・カドミウムバッテリ用のリコンディ
ショニング機能付きバッテリ充電器に関する。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a battery charger with a reconditioning function, and more particularly to a battery charger with a reconditioning function for a nickel-cadmium battery which is widely used for consumer use.
【0002】[0002]
【従来の技術】従来、この種の充電器は、バッテリの充
電機能および充電が完了した時に、それ以上充電を継続
することにより過充電になることを防止するための自動
充電停止機能のみを有していた。2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of charger has only a battery charging function and an automatic charging stop function for preventing overcharging by continuing charging any more when charging is completed. Was.
【0003】[0003]
【発明が解決しようとする課題】一般に、良く知られる
ように、ニッケル・カドミウムバッテリは、その個有の
特性として、浅い放電深度(放電の度合い)で充電と放
電を繰返すと、放電の初期に電圧が急降下する、いわゆ
るメモリー効果を示す。Generally, as is well known, nickel-cadmium batteries have a unique characteristic that when they are repeatedly charged and discharged at a shallow depth of discharge (degree of discharge), It exhibits a so-called memory effect in which the voltage drops sharply.
【0004】このメモリー効果の状態になると、実際に
はバッテリ内部に電気エネルギーが残っているにもかか
わらず、電圧の低下により充分にこれを取出すことがで
きなくなってしまう。In the state of this memory effect, although electric energy actually remains inside the battery, it cannot be sufficiently extracted due to the voltage drop.
【0005】このメモリー効果を解消するためには、バ
ッテリをときどき完全放電させるリコンディショニング
を施せばよいことも同様に良く知られている。It is also well known that, in order to eliminate this memory effect, reconditioning to sometimes completely discharge the battery may be performed.
【0006】ところが、従来のバッテリ充電器には、バ
ッテリの充電機能と自動充電停止機能しかなく、リコン
ディショニングの機能を持っていないため、ひとたびメ
モリー効果を起したバッテリは、何らかの方法でリコン
ディショニングしなければ元の性能に復帰せず、本来の
性能を発揮できなくなってしまうという欠点がある。However, since the conventional battery charger has only the battery charging function and the automatic charging stop function and does not have the reconditioning function, the battery having the memory effect once is reconditioned by some method. If it does not, the original performance will not be restored and the original performance will not be exhibited.
【0007】本発明の目的は、上述した欠点を除去し、
リコンディショニング機能を備えた、リコンディショニ
ング機能きバッテリ充電器を提供することにある。The object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks,
An object of the present invention is to provide a battery charger having a reconditioning function and having a reconditioning function.
【0008】[0008]
【課題を解決するための手段】本発明のリコンディショ
ニング機能付きバッテリ充電器は、ニッケル・カドミウ
ム蓄電池用のバッテリ充電器であって、充電開始前に充
電対象のバッテリを完全放電させるリコンディショニン
グ機能を併有して構成される。A battery charger with a reconditioning function of the present invention is a battery charger for a nickel-cadmium storage battery, and has a reconditioning function of completely discharging a battery to be charged before starting charging. Composed together.
【0009】[0009]
【実施例】次に、本発明について図面を参照して説明す
る。DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
【0010】図1は本発明の一実施例の構成を一部ブロ
ックで示す回路図,図2は図1の実施例の動作を示すフ
ローチャートである。FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing a partial block diagram of the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the embodiment of FIG.
【0011】図1に示す実施例は、バッテリ充電器1
と、充電の対象とするニッケル・カドミウムバッテリ2
から成り、また、バッテリ充電器1は、ニッケル・カド
ミウムバッテリ2の端子電圧を検出する電圧検出部3
と、電圧検出部3の出力にもとづいて駆動されるリレー
駆動部4と、リレー駆動部4によって切り替えられ、バ
ッテリ充電器1の充電/放電状態を設定する充電/放電
切替リレー5と、リコンディショニングに供するリコン
ディショニング抵抗6と、整流平滑部7と、変圧器8
と、電源用プラグおよび電源コード9とを備えて成る。The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is a battery charger 1
And nickel-cadmium battery 2 to be charged
The battery charger 1 includes a voltage detector 3 for detecting a terminal voltage of the nickel-cadmium battery 2.
And a relay driving unit 4 driven based on the output of the voltage detecting unit 3, a charging / discharging switching relay 5 that is switched by the relay driving unit 4 and sets the charging / discharging state of the battery charger 1, and reconditioning. Reconditioning resistor 6, rectifying / smoothing unit 7, and transformer 8
And a power plug and a power cord 9.
【0012】次に、本実施例の動作について説明する。Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
【0013】バッテリ充電器1に、ニッケル・カドミウ
ムバッテリ2が接続されると、バッテリ充電器1内の電
圧検出部3によりバッテリ2の端子電圧が測定され、基
準電圧A(例えば0.1ボルト)より高いか低いか判定
される。これをステップ101に示す。When the nickel-cadmium battery 2 is connected to the battery charger 1, the terminal voltage of the battery 2 is measured by the voltage detector 3 in the battery charger 1, and the reference voltage A (for example, 0.1 volt). It is determined whether it is higher or lower. This is shown in step 101.
【0014】ニッケル・カドミウムバッテリ2の端子電
圧が高ければ、リレー駆動部4により充電/放電切替リ
レー5が切り替えられ、リコンディショニング抵抗6に
接続されてニッケル・カドミウムバッテリ2の放電が開
始される。これをステップ102に示す。When the terminal voltage of the nickel-cadmium battery 2 is high, the charge / discharge switching relay 5 is switched by the relay driving unit 4 and is connected to the reconditioning resistor 6 to start discharging the nickel-cadmium battery 2. This is shown in step 102.
【0015】この時、ニッケルカドミウムバッテリ2の
端子電圧は電圧検出部3により常時チェックされ、基準
電圧Aと等しくなった時にリレー駆動部4により充電/
放電切替リレー5が整流平滑部7に接続され、ニッケル
・カドミウムバッテリ2の充電が開始される。これをス
テップ103に示す。At this time, the terminal voltage of the nickel-cadmium battery 2 is constantly checked by the voltage detecting section 3, and when it becomes equal to the reference voltage A, the relay driving section 4 charges / charges it.
The discharge switching relay 5 is connected to the rectifying / smoothing unit 7, and charging of the nickel-cadmium battery 2 is started. This is shown in step 103.
【0016】この時もニッケル・カドミウムバッテリ2
の端子電圧は電圧検出部3により常時チェックされ、基
準電圧B(例えば1.5V)より高いか低いか判定さ
れ、等しいか高くなった時点で充電/放電切替リレー5
が開放側に切り替えられ、ニッケル・カドミウムバッテ
リ2の充電が完了する。これをステップ104に示す。Also at this time, the nickel-cadmium battery 2
The terminal voltage of is constantly checked by the voltage detection unit 3 to determine whether it is higher or lower than the reference voltage B (for example, 1.5 V), and when it becomes equal or higher, the charge / discharge switching relay 5
Is switched to the open side, and charging of the nickel-cadmium battery 2 is completed. This is shown in step 104.
【0017】なお、上述した処理ステップで、ステップ
1におけるステップで、ニッケル・カドミウムバッテリ
2の端子電圧が基準電圧Aに等しいか低ければ、ステッ
プ2を行なわす直ちにステップ103の放電が行なわれ
る。If the terminal voltage of the nickel-cadmium battery 2 is equal to or lower than the reference voltage A in the step 1 in the above-mentioned processing steps, the discharge of step 103 is performed immediately after step 2 is performed.
【0018】このようにして、リコンディショニング機
能を付加した充電が可能となる。In this way, charging with a reconditioning function is possible.
【0019】[0019]
【発明の効果】以上説明したように本発明は、充電対象
のニッケル・カドミウムバッテリをほぼ完全に放電さ
せ、メモリー効果を解消した上で充電を開始し、充電が
完了したら自動的に停止することにより、バッテリ性能
を本来の性能に確実に回復させることができる効果があ
る。As described above, according to the present invention, the nickel-cadmium battery to be charged is almost completely discharged, the memory effect is canceled, the charging is started, and the charging is automatically stopped. As a result, there is an effect that the battery performance can be reliably restored to the original performance.
【図1】本発明の一実施例を一部ブロックで示す回路図
である。FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing a partial block of an embodiment of the present invention.
【図2】図1の実施例の動作を示すフローチャートであ
る。FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of FIG.
1 バッテリ充電器 2 ニッケル・カドミウムバッテリ 3 電圧検出部 4 リレー駆動部 5 充電/放電切替リレー 6 リコンディショニング抵抗 7 整流平滑部 8 変圧器 9 電源用プラグおよび電源コード 1 Battery Charger 2 Nickel / Cadmium Battery 3 Voltage Detection Unit 4 Relay Drive Unit 5 Charge / Discharge Switching Relay 6 Reconditioning Resistor 7 Rectifying / Smoothing Unit 8 Transformer 9 Power Plug and Power Cord
Claims (1)
リ充電器であって、充電開始前に充電対象のバッテリを
完全放電させるリコンディショニング機能を併有するこ
とを特徴とするリコンディショニング機能付きバッテリ
充電器。1. A battery charger for a nickel-cadmium storage battery, which also has a reconditioning function for completely discharging a battery to be charged before starting charging.
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JP4023094A JPH05227671A (en) | 1992-02-10 | 1992-02-10 | Battery charger equipped with reconditioning function |
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JP4023094A JPH05227671A (en) | 1992-02-10 | 1992-02-10 | Battery charger equipped with reconditioning function |
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Cited By (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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JPH065343U (en) * | 1992-04-03 | 1994-01-21 | 日立電子株式会社 | Charger |
JPH08308127A (en) * | 1995-04-28 | 1996-11-22 | Sani Clean Honbu:Kk | Automatic battery charger for nickel-cadmium battery |
US5703469A (en) * | 1995-06-05 | 1997-12-30 | Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | System for determining battery conditions |
CN109038757A (en) * | 2018-09-05 | 2018-12-18 | 国充充电科技江苏股份有限公司 | A kind of discharge type DC grid charging pile system |
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1992
- 1992-02-10 JP JP4023094A patent/JPH05227671A/en not_active Withdrawn
Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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JPH065343U (en) * | 1992-04-03 | 1994-01-21 | 日立電子株式会社 | Charger |
JPH08308127A (en) * | 1995-04-28 | 1996-11-22 | Sani Clean Honbu:Kk | Automatic battery charger for nickel-cadmium battery |
US5703469A (en) * | 1995-06-05 | 1997-12-30 | Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | System for determining battery conditions |
CN109038757A (en) * | 2018-09-05 | 2018-12-18 | 国充充电科技江苏股份有限公司 | A kind of discharge type DC grid charging pile system |
CN109038757B (en) * | 2018-09-05 | 2023-12-05 | 国充充电科技江苏股份有限公司 | Charging pile system for discharging type direct current power grid |
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