Patent ID: 7246696

Claim:
Apparatus for forming groups of battery plates, comprising two main conveyors ( 15 , 15 ′), each said main conveyor ( 15 , 15 ′) having a station ( 12 , 12 ′) for the supply of battery plate separators, means ( 11 , 11 ′, 20 ) common to both said two main conveyors ( 15 , 15 ′) for supplying both of said two main conveyors ( 15 , 15 ′) with battery plates at locations upstream of said stations ( 12 , 12 ′) with respect to a direction of travel of said main conveyors ( 15 , 15 ′), and means ( 20 , 13 , 13 ′) common to both said two main conveyors ( 15 , 15 ′) for supplying both of said two main conveyors ( 15 , 15 ′) with battery plates at locations downstream of said stations ( 12 , 12 ′) with respect to said direction of travel of said main conveyors ( 15 , 15 ′).