Abstract: A battery testing and sorting apparatus that includes an upwardly inclined conveyor having a conveyor drive for moving batteries to be tested and sorted. The conveyor includes a battery feeding section disposed along the conveyor for positioning the batteries laterally onto the conveyor so that terminals of the batteries are in a horizontal orientation on the conveyor. A testing section is disposed along the conveyor upstream from the battery feeding section for testing the electrical condition of the batteries as they move along the conveyor. A sorting section is disposed along the conveyor upstream from the testing section for ejecting the batteries from the conveyor according to the electrical condition of the batteries determined by the testing section. In this manner, a battery testing and sorting apparatus is provided for continuously sorting large quantities of batteries into groups based on the electrical condition of the batteries.

Abstract: A battery testing and sorting apparatus that includes an upwardly inclined conveyor having a conveyor drive for moving batteries to be tested and sorted. The conveyor includes a battery feeding section disposed along the conveyor for positioning the batteries laterally onto the conveyor so that terminals of the batteries are in a horizontal orientation on the conveyor. A testing section is disposed along the conveyor upstream from the battery feeding section for testing the electrical condition of the batteries as they move along the conveyor. A sorting section is disposed along the conveyor upstream from the testing section for ejecting the batteries from the conveyor according to the electrical condition of the batteries determined by the testing section. In this manner, a battery testing and sorting apparatus is provided for continuously sorting large quantities of batteries into groups based on the electrical condition of the batteries.

Abstract: A Coriolis-type mass flow meter which uses two conduits wherein the inlet and outlet of each are coaxial with each other and with the respective oscillation axis. Each conduit comprises, in the direction of flow, an inlet J-shaped portion made up of a straight inlet and a first flow reversing bend, a C-shaped portion made up of a second flow reversing bend, a straight middle part and a third flow reversing bend, and an outlet J-shaped portion made up of a fourth flow reversing bend and a straight outlet. In side elevation the first and fourth bends are within the space defined by the C-shaped portion.

Abstract: A Coriolis-type mass flow meter which uses two parallel, omega-shaped conduits and deduces mass flow rate from changes in the phase difference of signals from sensors at the outboard curved portions of the conduits which measure the relative positions of the conduits' sizes.