Patent ID: 8783145

Claim:
An apparatus for stripping metal sheets from a cathode blank, comprising: a frame; a stripping assembly disposed on the frame for stripping deposited metal sheets from two surfaces of the cathode blank and comprising: first and second clipping mechanisms disposed on an upper part of the frame, spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction, and configured to clip a conductive member on an upper end of the cathode blank; first and second stripping mechanisms disposed on two sides of the frame in a transversal direction respectively, disposed below the first and second clipping mechanisms in a vertical direction respectively, and configured to strip the deposited metal sheets from two surfaces of the cathode blank, and each of the first and second stripping mechanisms comprising a stripping support mounted onto the frame, an inserting knife pivotably mounted onto the stripping support, and an inserting knife driver mounted onto the frame for driving the inserting knife to pivot such that the deposited metal sheets are stripped from the cathode blank only by rotating the inserting knife; a bottom positioning mechanism disposed on the frame and configured to position a lower end of the cathode blank; and first and second loosening mechanisms disposed on two sides of the frame in the transversal direction respectively, the first loosening mechanism being disposed between the first stripping mechanism and the bottom positioning mechanism in the vertical direction, the second loosening mechanism being disposed between the second stripping mechanism and the bottom positioning mechanism in the vertical direction, and each of the first and second loosening mechanisms comprising a push rod which is movably disposed on the frame in the transversal direction and configured to push the cathode blank; a receiving mechanism comprising at least one receiving platform, a receiving track mounted onto the frame, along which the receiving platform is moved upwardly or downwardly, and a receiving driver defining a first end in the vertical direction connected to the receiving platform and a second end in the vertical direction connected to the frame for driving the receiving platform, the receiving platform being moved between an upper limit position and a lower limit position in the vertical direction and configured to receive the deposited metal sheets stripped from the cathode blank; and a pressing and turnover mechanism which is turnably disposed on the frame, and receives the stripped deposited metal sheets from the receiving platform and clips and turns over the deposited metal sheets when the receiving platform is moved to the lower limit position.