US20110240174A1 - Apparatus for recovering pieces of paste made of active matter for plates of lead accumulators - Google Patents

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US20110240174A1
US20110240174A1 US13/079,325 US201113079325A US2011240174A1 US 20110240174 A1 US20110240174 A1 US 20110240174A1 US 201113079325 A US201113079325 A US 201113079325A US 2011240174 A1 US2011240174 A1 US 2011240174A1
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  • the present invention concerns an apparatus for recovering pieces of paste made of active matter for plates of lead accumulators, according to the preamble of the main independent claim.
  • the apparatus in question is intended to be used in the industrial sector for the production of acid lead accumulators associated to a lead grid spreading machine with a paste made of active matter adapted for the formation of plates for electrical accumulators.
  • the industrial system for producing lead accumulators conventionally provide for the use of spreading machines for distributing on one or on both the sides of lead alloy grids a paste made of active matter generally constituted by lead oxide, diluted sulphuric acid, water and additives.
  • Spreading machines comprising a hopper for loading the active material to be spread, stirring means mounted within the hopper for mixing and pressing the paste, and a spreading unit generally obtained by means of counter-rotating rollers adapted to forcedly emit through a fissure a continuous strip of paste made of active matter, above the grids which advance on a conveyor belt are known in the market.
  • the pieces of paste made of active matter corresponding to the space that corresponds to the grids in succession on the conveyor belt are conveyed externally to the spreading machine for example by means of a chute towards a collection tank.
  • the pieces collected in the tank can be advantageously reused by reintroducing them into the hopper.
  • a first apparatus for recovering pieces of paste for plates of lead accumulators provides for the use of more inclined conveyor belts, which unload in succession one on the other the pieces oriented along a trajectory which starts from beneath the end of the conveyor belt and ends above the hopper.
  • Such apparatus revealed to be extremely bulky requiring the use of several inclined conveyor belts operatively connected in series to each other. Furthermore, the pieces simply resting on the belts can easily fall, in particular at the jumps between a belt and the other.
  • a second apparatus provides for picking up, with an auger operating intermittently, the pieces that accumulate in preset time intervals in the collection tank, and transferring them by means of several augers in succession, only one of which vertical, up to the loading opening of the hopper.
  • the problem on which the present invention is based is that of overcoming the drawbacks revealed by the solutions of the prior art, by providing an apparatus for recovering pieces of paste made of active matter for plates of lead accumulators, capable of allowing an ideal transport of such pieces up to the opening of the a hopper of a spreading machine.
  • a further object of the present invention is that of providing an apparatus for recovering pieces of paste made of active matter for plates of lead accumulators, which allows transporting the abovementioned pieces substantially without modifying the density thereof.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for recovering pieces of paste made of active matter, requiring small overall dimensions.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for recovering pieces of paste made of active matter, capable of continuously supplying the hopper of a spreading machine.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for recovering pieces of paste made of active matter, capable of transporting the pieces without losses.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for recovering pieces of paste made of active matter, which is economically easy to construct and operatively entirely reliable.
  • the apparatus for recovering pieces of paste made of active matter allows attaining the advantage of automatically recovering the pieces of a spreading machine without altering the characteristics thereof for a complete and immediate use.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first perspective view of the apparatus for recovering pieces of paste made of active matter, subject of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a second perspective view of the apparatus subject of the present invention, operatively associated to a spreading machine
  • FIG. 3 shows a rear view of the apparatus subject of the present invention, operatively associated to the spreading machine
  • FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the apparatus subject of the present invention, operatively associated to the spreading machine
  • FIG. 5 shows a front view of the apparatus subject of the present invention, operatively associated to the spreading machine, with some parts removed to better reveal the others;
  • FIG. 6 shows a cross-sectional perspective view carried out according to a median longitudinal plane of the apparatus subject of the present invention
  • FIG. 7 shows a rear view of a variant embodiment of the apparatus subject of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 shows a plan view of the apparatus of FIG. 7 with some parts removed to reveal the others better
  • FIG. 9 shows a perspective view of a front portion of the apparatus of FIG. 7 ;
  • FIG. 10 shows a perspective view of the apparatus of FIG. 7 .
  • FIG. 11 shows a cross-sectional lateral view carried out according to a median longitudinal plane of the apparatus of FIG. 7 .
  • the apparatus 1 is generally suitable to be used for recovering the pieces of paste made of active matter from any spreading machine 2 , which requires picking up the pieces at an outlet section of the machine, in which the formed plates normally leave a conveyor belt, and take them to an inlet station of the paste, which usually and according to the embodiment illustrated in the attached figures is obtained with a hopper 3 for loading the paste.
  • the spreading machine illustrated in the attached figures comprises a bearing structure 4 on which there is mounted a hopper 3 for loading the active material to be spread.
  • a hopper 3 for loading the active material to be spread.
  • stirring means (not illustrated) for mixing and pressing the paste.
  • a spreading unit of the per se known type, which is generally obtained by means of two counter-rotating rollers (or similar systems) adapted to forcedly emit through a fissure a paste strip which is laterally limited in a precise width by means of special templates.
  • the machine 2 also comprises at least one driven conveyor belt 5 , on which the grids to be spread rest horizontally in succession spaced from each other and preferably coupled laterally two by two.
  • the conveyor belt 5 is provided, in at least one central section thereof, beneath the hopper to take the grids to transit beneath the fissure at the spreading unit. Special calibrating and finishing are provided downstream of the fissure for compressing the layer of paste uniformly in the meshes of the alloy lead grids.
  • the paste is conveyed pressurized into the meshes of the grids remaining delimited between the templates within the lateral dimension of the frame of the grids in question.
  • the single grids of the succession that advances on the conveyor belt are, as mentioned, separated from each other by means of a spacer gap, whose function is that of preventing the grids from being misaligned on the belt by touching each other, for example due to stresses to which they are subjected when passing beneath the conveying or calibrating rollers i.e. in the passage through the spreading unit.
  • the abovementioned spacer gaps provided for between the grids are thus covered by the continuous strip which is emitted by the fissure of the hopper.
  • the calibrating and finishing rollers arranged downstream of the spreading zone, substantially determine the cutting—by compressing the upper surface of the grids—of the paste strip at the front and rear edges of each grid with the ensuing formation of the pieces in form ribbons of paste.
  • the latter are thus arranged on the belt at the interspaces between the grids, i.e. before and after each grid, with respect to the direction of advancement X thereof on the conveyor belt 5 .
  • the spreading machine 2 can be easily adapted to spread grades of various shapes by replacing the templates for conveying the paste. Such operation requires previously lifting the hopper 3 to uncover the templates.
  • the lifting of the hopper 3 is for example obtained by actuating a first hydraulic actuator 6 , aimed at inclining one side of the hopper 3 , which is, for such purpose, hinged to the base along one side thereof.
  • the templates can be replaced with other different dimensions before closing the hopper 3 again by actuating the first hydraulic actuator 6 .
  • the pieces are thus in form of small ribbons of a paste generally containing lead oxides, diluted sulphuric acid, water and additives.
  • the apparatus 1 for recovering the pieces, subject of the present invention comprises a support structure 7 , which is intended to rest on the ground advantageously by means of wheels 13 for facilitating transport thereof, and it is substantially C-shaped, as easily observable from the attached FIGS. 6 and 11 .
  • Two conveyor belts respectively a first conveyor belt 8 and a second conveyor belt 9 , which are wound in a loop on respective first and second rollers to be specified hereinafter are mounted on the support structure 7 .
  • the first conveyor belt 8 is equipped with a first substantially horizontal section 10 , which receives the pieces from the spreading machine 2 , and with a first substantially vertical section 11 arranged to continue the first horizontal section thereof.
  • the second conveyor belt 9 is in turn equipped with a second substantially horizontal section 12 , adapted to transfer the pieces, at a second end roller 25 thereof, and with a second substantially vertical section 14 arranged to continue the second horizontal section 12 .
  • the horizontal sections 10 and 12 develop in preferably parallel directions indicated in the figures with Z and Z′.
  • the two vertical sections 11 , 14 of the two conveyor belts 8 , 9 are arranged one on the other counterfaced and parallel with respect to each other. They advance at the same speed so as to hold interposed, between the respective counterfaced surfaces, the pieces, taking them from the first horizontal section 10 of the first conveyor belt 8 and taking them to the second horizontal section 12 of the second conveyor belt 9 .
  • the pieces are thus continuously taken from the first conveyor belt 8 as they fall from the belt 5 of the spreading machine 2 , thus preventing dangerous accumulation thereof for the transport possibilities thereof. Furthermore, upon leaving the abovementioned first horizontal section 10 of the first conveyor belt 8 , the pieces are taken over, without the possibility of falling, between the two vertical sections of the two belts 8 , 9 that lift them to take them back substantially to the height of the opening for loading the hopper 3 .
  • first and second vertical section 11 and 14 of the two conveyor belts 8 and 9 are wound on two return rollers in common, one of which is lower 18 and one is upper 19 .
  • the apparatus 1 provides for a third conveyor belt 15 wound in a loop on third rollers, arranged substantially transverse to the second horizontal section 12 of the second conveyor belt 9 .
  • the latter receive the pieces, in particular at a first end 16 thereof i.e. in a median section thereof, from the abovementioned second horizontal section 12 and transfers them to the hopper 3 of the spreading machine 2 at the second end 17 thereof.
  • the two conveyor belts 8 and 9 develop, on all respective sides, parallel to each other so as to minimize the overall dimensions of the apparatus 1 .
  • the first conveyor belt 8 is wound in a loop, maintaining the belt on two parallel paths, on two first end rollers, one of which lower 20 and one upper 21 , on the abovementioned first and second return roller 18 , 19 , and on a third and a fourth return roller 22 , 23 arranged in the vicinity, and at the height, respectively of the first 18 and of the second 19 return roller.
  • the second conveyor belt 8 9 is in turn wound in a loop, maintaining the belt on two parallel paths, on two second end rollers, one of which lower 24 and one upper 25 , on the abovementioned first and second return roller 18 , 19 , and on a fifth and a sixth return roller 26 , 27 arranged in the vicinity, and at the height, respectively of the first 18 and of the second 19 return roller.
  • the two belts 8 and 9 are rotated at the same speed each by a respective motor driven roller, i.e. respectively by the first upper end roller 21 and by the second upper end roller 25 , respectively by means of a first motor M 1 and a second motor M 2 with respective reduction gears.
  • only one of the two abovementioned rollers may be driven by a motor M 12 , the other being rotated by the first by means of simple return means obtained for example through flexible transmission means such as a belt.
  • the third conveyor belt 15 is wound in a loop between two third end rollers 32 , 33 , respectively arranged at the first and the second end of the third conveyor belt 15 , and mounted on a framework 34 mechanically connected cantilevered to a column 7 ′ of the of the bearing structure 7 of the apparatus 1 .
  • the motorisation of the abovementioned third conveyor belt 15 is preferably provided mechanically independent from the one provided for the other two belts 8 , 9 , for example through a third motor M 3 connected to the end roller 32 nearest to the first end 16 of the third conveyor belt 15 which receives the pieces.
  • the belts shall also be superimposed even in a portion of the horizontal sections thereof.
  • the first conveyor belt 8 is preferably provided with a third horizontal section 28 , arranged to continue the first vertical section 11 thereof, and arranged counterfaced parallel on at least one first portion 29 of the second horizontal section 12 of the second conveyor belt 9 to hold and transport the pieces interposed between the abovementioned second and third horizontal section 28 , 29 .
  • the latter superimposition of the horizontal layers 12 , 28 of the two belts 8 , 9 is obtained without interruption with the superimposition of the vertical layers 11 , 14 so as to provide a continuous guide for the transport of the pieces.
  • the second conveyor belt 9 may also be provided with a fourth horizontal section 30 , arranged to continue the second vertical section 14 thereof, and arranged counterfaced, parallel on at least one second portion 31 of the first horizontal section 10 of the first conveyor belt 8 to hold and transport pieces interposed between the abovementioned first and fourth horizontal section 10 , 30 .
  • the latter superimposition of the horizontal layers 10 , 30 of the two belts 8 , 9 is obtained without interruption with the superimposition of the vertical layers 11 , 14 so as to provide a continuous guide for the transporting pieces.
  • the framework 34 of the third conveyor belt 15 is supported cantilevered on the support structure 7 by means of a projecting arm 35 .
  • the third conveyor belt 15 is slidably supported by means of guides 60 , fixed to a support framework 61 of the support structure 7 , so as to be displaced by means of a second actuator 62 along the direction of development and advancement of the third conveyor belt 15 .
  • the third conveyor belt 15 may be associated or not associated to the second end 17 thereof for releasing the pieces with respect to the opening for loading the hopper 3 of the spreading machine 2 .
  • the guides 60 are engaged in a track 65 projecting from the framework 34 .
  • the third conveyor belt 15 is guided supported along the transverse direction of development Y thereof between a first position, in which the first end 16 is at the second upper end roller 25 of the second conveyor belt 9 , and a second position, in which the first end 16 thereof is away from the second upper end roller 25 of the second conveyor belt 9 .
  • Such movement allows lifting the hopper 3 of the spreading machine 2 (even solely folded on one side), to allow performing the maintenance operations to allow the replacement of the templates so as to adapt the spreading machine 2 , to spread grids of a different shape.
  • the third conveyor belt can be easily displaced around an axis to vary the position of the second end 17 thereof with respect to the hopper 3 .
  • the projecting arm 35 of the framework of the third conveyor belt 15 is connected to the column 7 ′ of the bearing structure 7 of the apparatus 1 by means of a hinge 36 .
  • a third actuator (not illustrated) mounted on the support structure 7 of the apparatus 1 is suitable to operate on the abovementioned arm 35 to rotate it between a first position, in which the third conveyor belt 15 is extended transverse with respect to the second horizontal section 12 of the second conveyor belt 9 and a second position, in which the third conveyor belt 15 is arranged at an angled position with respect to the first position thereof.
  • scraper means 40 constituted for example by the inclined blades fixed to the support structure 7 , and elastically resting on the surface of the belts to facilitate the detachment of the pieces from the corresponding folds of the belt, are provided for.
  • Such scraper means 40 are preferably provided for at the ends for releasing the pieces of the second horizontal section 12 of the second conveyor belt 9 , i.e. also at the end of the first superimposition portion 29 between the second horizontal section 12 of the second belt 9 and the third horizontal section of the first belt 8 .
  • scraper means 40 may also be provided for at the outlet end of the conveyor belt 5 of the spreading machine 2 i.e. at the second end 17 of the third conveyor belt 15 .
  • the invention thus conceived attains the preset objects.
  • the device thus conceived attains the preset objects.
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