Patent ID: 7082985
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: B22D,H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for molding a strap onto a group of battery plates, comprising: a coolable mold having a first mold cavity therein; a heatable lead inlet; and a heatable lead outlet, said mold being between said inlet and said outlet and defining (a) at one side of said first mold cavity an inlet weir having a top over which lead passes from said inlet to said first mold cavity and (b) at a side of said cavity opposite said one side an outlet weir having a top over which the lead passes from said first mold cavity to said outlet, and wherein interfaces between said mold and said inlet and between said mold and said outlet are insulated to provide a temperature discontinuity at each respective said weir.