Battery aligner insertion apparatus and method
First Claim
1. The method of installing a cluster of batteries in a power supply receptacle, that includesa) providing a funnel having a guide opening to receive and guide angularly oriented displacement of the cluster of batteries relative to the funnel, b) placing the funnel guide opening into registration with the power supply receptacle, c) and installing the oriented cluster of batteries through the funnel guide opening and into the receptacle.
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Abstract
The method of installing a cluster of batteries in a power supply receptacle, that includes providing a funnel having a guide opening to receive and guide angularly oriented displacement of the cluster of batteries relative to the funnel, placing the funnel guide opening into registration with the power supply receptacle, and installing the oriented cluster of batteries through the funnel guide opening and into the receptacle.
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1. The method of installing a cluster of batteries in a power supply receptacle, that includes
a) providing a funnel having a guide opening to receive and guide angularly oriented displacement of the cluster of batteries relative to the funnel, b) placing the funnel guide opening into registration with the power supply receptacle, c) and installing the oriented cluster of batteries through the funnel guide opening and into the receptacle.
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17. The method of installing multiple batteries in a pack into a power supply receptacle, having a cover, the pack having substantially flat sides, that includes
a) providing said receptacle to have a battery pack receiving recess, the recess having substantially flat sides to correspond to the pack sides, and providing a guide funnel associated with said receptacle, b) providing markers on the battery pack and on the receptacle, and relatively angularly orienting said markers by relatively angularly orienting the pack and receptacle, c) and endwise inserting the pack into the recess and via said guide funnel.
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21. Apparatus to facilitate installation of a cluster of batteries in a power supply receptacle, comprising in combination
a) a funnel having a guide opening to receive and guide angularly oriented displacement of the cluster of batteries relative to the funnel, b) said funnel guide opening being registrable with the power supply receptacle, c) whereby the cluster of batteries is then installable through the funnel guide opening and into the receptacle.
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37. The method of inserting batteries into a receptacle associated with a surgical instrument, that includes
a) providing a cover for the receptacle, attached to the receptacle, the cover having an open position, b) providing a guide to assist said inserting, c) and, when the cover is open, angularly orienting the guide relative to the open cover, to angularly orient said inserting.
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