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.
