Claims
- 1. An apparatus for dumping acid-containing automobile batteries, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) an inperforate substantially tubular member including along the longitudinal axis thereof;
- (b) support means for supporting said tubular member and rotating said tubular member about its longitudinal axis through an arc of less than 360.degree.; and
- (c) at least two longitudinal, parallel spaced baffle members within said tubular member, said baffle members being in an acid-tight connection with the interior surface of said tubular member substantially along the length thereof and forming at least one battery processing channel therebetween, whereby any acid dumped from a battery in said processing channel flows within said channel toward the lower end of said tubular member .
- 2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said support means is comprised of a plurality of inflatable tires and means for rotating at least one of said tires.
- 3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a plurality of stop means connected to said tubular member for limiting the arc of rotation of said tubular member, said stopping means being comprised of a plurality of bracket stops on said tubular member and engagable with said inflatable tires, whereby contact between said bracket stops and said inflatable tires interrupts the arc of rotation of said tubular member.
- 4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 further comprising gripping means within said tubular member for selectively gripping, at least during the rotation of said tubular member, said batteries introduced into said tubular member.
- 5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 4, further comprising sealing means across at least a portion of at least one of the ends of said tubular member for forming an acid tight seal thereacross.
- 6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said support means further comprises means for shaking said tubular member at least at the end of said arc of rotation.
- 7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein said support means is comprised of:
- (a) at least one resilient, inflatable, rotatable tire supporting said tubular member;
- (b) at least one stop member mounted on said tubular member and engagable with said tire, whereby rotation of said tubular member by said tire is stopped and said tubular member is shaken when said stop member contacts said tire.
- 8. An apparatus for dumping acid from acid-containing automobile batteries, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a substantially tubular member;
- (b) conveyor means within said tubular member for selectively advancing said batteries to be processed into and through said tubular member;
- (c) inflatable gripping means mounted within said tubular member for selectively engaging said batteries advanced into said tubular member by said conveyor means;
- (d) support means for supporting said tubular member and for reciprocally rotating said tubular member and said conveyor means, gripping means and said batteries thereinside;
- (e) control means connected to said gripping means and said support means for controlling the inflation and deflation of said gripping means and the rotation of said tubular member by said support means and for prohibiting release of said batteries by said gripping means when said gripping means is inverted during rotation of said tubular member by said support means.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 866,515, filed Jan. 3, 1978 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,203,699 issued May 20, 1980 and a continuation of Ser. No. 669,216 filed Mar. 22, 1976 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,081,093 issued Mar. 28, 1978.
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Divisions (1)
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