Threading apparatus
View Patent ↗A threading apparatus for transporting an electrode plate includes an oven, a first guide rail and a second guide rail, and a threading assembly. The first guide rail and the second guide rail are spaced apart from each other inside the oven in a first direction. A first opening and a second opening are respectively provided on a surface of the first guide rail and a surface of the second guide rail that face each other. Two ends of the threading assembly in the first direction are movably disposed in the first guide rail and the second guide rail through the first opening and the second opening, respectively. The threading assembly is configured to be connected to the electrode plate for transporting the electrode plate inside the oven.
1 . An apparatus for transporting an electrode plate, comprising:
an oven;
a first guide rail and a second guide rail, spaced apart from each other inside the oven in a first direction, a first opening and a second opening being respectively provided on a surface of the first guide rail and a surface of the second guide rail that face each other; and
an assembly having a first end and a second end opposite to each other in the first direction, the first end being disposed in the first guide rail through the first opening, and the second end being disposed in the second guide rail through the second opening;
wherein the assembly comprises:
a rod having a third end and a fourth end opposite to each other in the first direction;
a first movable assembly disposed at the third end and disposed in the first guide rail; and
a second movable assembly disposed at the fourth end and disposed in the second guide rail, one of the first movable assembly and the second movable assembly comprising a body connected to the rod, and a plurality of wheels disposed on the body, and the plurality of wheels being disposed in and sliding in one of the first guide rail and the second guide rail.
2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first guide rail is provided with a first guide groove extending in a second direction, the second direction being a transporting direction of the electrode plate and intersecting the first direction;
the second guide rail is provided with a second guide groove extending in the second direction; and
the first movable assembly and the second movable assembly are accommodated in the first guide groove and the second guide groove, respectively.
3 . The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the one of the first movable assembly and the second movable assembly further comprises:
a floating portion, disposed on a side of the body facing away from the rod, a side of the floating portion facing away from the body abutting against the first guide groove or the second guide groove to floatingly adjust a dimension of the assembly in the first direction.
4 . The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the floating portion comprises:
a mounting bracket, spaced apart from the body; and
an elastic member, connected between the mounting bracket and the body to floatingly adjust the dimension of the assembly in the first direction.
5 . The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the floating portion comprises a sliding wheel rotatably connected to the mounting bracket and spaced apart from the body in the first direction.
6 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the sliding wheel exceeds the plurality of wheels in the first direction.
7 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first guide rail and the second guide rail are non-metallic guide rails.
8 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the plurality of wheels and the sliding wheel are non-metallic sliding wheels.
9 . The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein:
the first guide rail and the second guide rail each comprise a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall, and two second side walls, the top wall being disposed opposite the bottom wall, the first side wall being connected between the top wall and the bottom wall, and the two second side walls are respectively formed by an edge of the top wall and an edge of the bottom wall that are away from the first side wall extending toward each other and bending toward the first side wall;
the top wall, the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the two second side walls of the first guide rail enclose to form the first guide groove, with the first side wall of the first guide rail being constructed as a side wall of the first guide groove;
the top wall, the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the two second side walls of the second guide rail enclose to form the second guide groove, with the first side wall of the second guide rail being constructed as a side wall of the second guide groove; and
the first opening and the second opening are formed between the two second side walls of the first guide rail and between the two second side walls of the second guide rail, respectively.
10 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:
one or more of the plurality of wheels are disposed between the top wall and the second side wall adjacent to the top wall of the one of the first guide rail and the second guide rail; and
another one or more of the plurality of wheels are disposed between the bottom wall and the second side wall adjacent to the bottom wall of the one of the first guide rail and the second guide rail.