Patent ID: 6068110
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: B65G,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
A conveying holder for a cylindrical cell, which transfers a cylindrical cell inserted from an opening by means of a driving force of a conveyor system while maintaining the cell in an upright state, comprising:an outer wall member having an inner circumferential surface which is greater in diameter than the cylindrical cell and a plurality of deformation limiting bosses extending inwardly from the inner circumferential surface;a plurality of elastic inner wall portions concentrically arranged with respect to the outer wall member and spaced from the inner circumferential surface of the outer wall member, each elastic inner wall portion contacts the outer wall member, along its concentric arrangement, at two spaced locations; anda plurality of cell holding portions respectively projecting inwardly from an inner side of the elastic inner wall portions, each having a cell holding surface which corresponds to the contour of the cylindrical cell, in which the cylindrical cell is inserted into and tightly held between the cell holding surfaces which are positioned along a concentric circle having a smaller diameter than that of the cylindrical cell, one of the plurality of deformation limiting bosses is located radially opposite to each corresponding cell holding surface of each cell holding portion, each deformation limiting boss projects so that a distal end thereof is spaced by a distance from an outer side of the corresponding elastic inner wall portion.