Continuous casting machine and method for bipolar battery foils and battery grids

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12138681
APP PUB NO 20230405667A1
SERIAL NO

18211871

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Equipment and a machine and a process for continuously casting strips of battery foils and/or strips of battery grids. The battery foils and grids are composed of lead or a lead alloy material. The foils, in particular, can be employed as current collectors in bipolar batteries. The machine, per an implementation, has a mold ring, a movable belt, one or more rollers, and one or more shoes. The mold ring rotates and has a mold cavity. The mold cavity can establish foil molds or grid molds. The movable belt moves about the roller(s) with a face in confrontation with the mold ring. The shoe(s) urges the movable belt into engagement with the mold ring. Liquid lead is delivered to the mold cavity adjacent the location in which the movable belt engages the mold ring amid use of the machine.

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WIRTZ MANUFACTURING COMPANY INC1105 24TH STREET P O BOX 5006 PORT HURON MI 48061-5006

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Miller, Jason P Cottrellville, US 4 0
Romeo, Michael R St. Clair, US 5 1

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