Battery construction for mounting a shelved rack
View Patent ↗A frame device for supporting objects such as batteries during seismic stress, comprising a pair of end frame members mounted in upstanding spaced apart relation by a plurality of vertically spaced elongated channel support members secured at opposite terminal ends to the vertical columns of the end frame members, shelves for supporting batteries spanning the channel support members and defining a plurality of compartments for the batteries, each end frame member being formed of a single sheet material shaped to define vertical columns and a web extending between the end columns, a pair of anchors, means for securing the end frames to the anchors, and means defining a plurality of openings in the web of each end frame generally aligned with the compartments formed by the shelves to provide horizontal ventilation of batteries mounted in the compartments.
1. A battery construction for mounting in a shelved rack, along with other battery constructions in side by side arrangement to form uninterruptable power supplies, the battery construction comprising:
a. a battery jar and a cover affixed to the front of the battery jar forming a seam therebetween;
b. a generally rectangular jacket having opposed top and bottom walls and opposed side wall which form a box structure open at one end and closed at its opposite end, the ends of the opposed upper and lower walls and opposed side walls opposite the closed end forming front edges defining one open end for receiving the battery jar;
c. the jacket having upwardly and downwardly projecting ears extending forwardly from the front edge of the top and bottom walls of the jacket, said ears being staggered relative to one another whereby the top and bottom lugs of adjacent jackets, when assembled in the shelved rack are in side by side relation;
d. the battery jar being emplaced in the jacket;
e. the jacket being of an effective length less than the length of the battery jar, the jacket length cooperating with the forwardly extending ears, so that when assembled in the rack assembly, the seam between the battery jar and the cover is exposed and postioned forwardly at the front edge of the open end of the jacket; and
f. whereby the battery constructions may be replaced and removed from the shelved rack without damage to the seam and thereby damage to the battery jar.
2. A battery system designed to support batteries in such a way as to survive sysmic forces during earth trimmers and the like comprising:
(a) a rack assembly formed of a pair of end frames mounted in upstanding spaced apart relation and anchored to a floor surface, a plurality of shelves secured to and spanning the end frames, each shelf divided into zones defining a plurality of compartments for positioning the batteries in spaced relation;
(b) a plurality of separate battery assemblies mounted on the shelves of the rack assembly;
(c) each battery assembly comprising;
i. a battery jar and a cover affixed to the front of the battery jar forming a seam therebetween;
ii. a generally rectangular jacket having opposed top and bottom walls and opposed side walls which form a box structure open at one end and closed at its opposite end, the ends of the opposed upper and lower walls and opposed side walls opposite the closed end forming front edges defining one open end for receiving the battery jar;
iii. the jacket having upwardly and downwardly projecting ears extending forwardly from the front edge of the top and bottom walls of the jacket, said ears being staggered relative to one another whereby the top and bottom lugs of adjacent jackets, when assembled in the shelved rack are in side by side relation;
iv. the battery jar being emplaced in the jacket;
v. the jacket being of an effective length less than the length of the battery jar, the jacket length cooperating with the forwardly extending ears, so that when assembled in the rack assembly, the seam between the battery jar and the cover is exposed and positioned forwardly at the front edge of the open end of the jacket; and
vi. whereby the battery constructions may be replaced and removed from the shelved rack without damage to the seam and thereby damage to the battery jar.
3. The battery construction according to claim 1 wherein the ears on opposing side edges of the jacket are staggered so that when the battery assemblies are assembled one above the other on adjacent shelves in the rack, the ears projecting from jackets on adjacent shelves are positioned next to each other.
4. The battery construction according to claim 3 and further including retainer bars spanning the ears of adjacent jackets when assembled one above the other on adjacent shelves in the rack for securing them in place.
5. The battery system according to claim 2 wherein the ears on opposing side edges of the jacket are staggered so that when battery assemblies are assembled one above the other on adjacent shelves in the rack, the ears projecting from jackets on adjacent shelves are positioned next to each other.
6. The battery system according to claim 5 and further including retainer bars spanning the ears of adjacent jackets when assembled one above the other on adjacent shelves in the rack for securing them in place.
7. The battery system according to claim 2 and further including a protective cover overlying the front face of all the battery assemblies in the rack assembly.
8. The battery system according to claim 2 wherein each of the shelves is divided into zones by a series of slots therein and dimples projecting upwardly therefrom to position the rows of battery assemblies in spaced relation and allow vertical ventilation between the battery assemblies when they are mounted in the rack assembly.