Including Means To Handle Produced Strip Or Web Patents (Class 29/2.23)
  • Patent number: 8253009
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solar cell connecting apparatus, for example a solar cell connecting apparatus, for manufacturing solar cell strings from individual solar cells and electrically conductive strips, having a first module for joining solar cells and strips together; a second module which is connected to the first module for connection, for example, soldering of the strips to the solar cells; and a third module for transportation of the solar cells from the first module through the second module. The connecting apparatus is characterized in that the first module has an apparatus for placing a strip retaining element on to a solar cell with strips, in order to fix the strips on the solar cell, and the third module is adapted in order to also transport the retaining element together with the solar cell (FIG. 2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: teamtechnik Maschinen und Anlagen GmbH
    Inventor: Hubert Reinisch