JPH103902A - Bubble removing device for storage battery - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove bubbles stuck to a copper plate due to the shake of an electrolyte caused by waves, and maintain sufficient electromotive force in use for a long period of time by nearly horizontally providing the copper plate of the storage battery of a buoy with illumination. SOLUTION: A power generating box A is provided with a storage battery 2 in a case 1 made of an electric insulating material such as a plastic. Diluted sulfuric acid 5 is put in a container 3 as an electrolyte, and the zinc plate 6 of a positive electrode and the copper plate 7 of a negative electrode are horizontally suspended in the container 3 by arms 8 of the electric insulating material respectively to form the storage battery 2. When a buoy 11 suspended with the box A and a fishline 13 is floated on the sea, the diluted sulfuric acid 5 in the case 1 is shaken by the shake of waves, and the bubbles stuck on the surface of the nearly horizontal copper plate 7 are removed. The surface of the copper plate 7 is invariably kept at the clean state, and sufficient electromotive force is obtained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for removing air bubbles adhering to an electrode of a storage battery in a lighting power generation box of an illuminated float used for, for example, a fly fishing method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The fly fishing method, as is well known, is a fishing method in which a large number of hooks are attached to a fishing line suspended from a float floating on the sea, the fishing line is left overnight, and the fishing line is pulled up the next morning. Therefore, to prevent the buoy from colliding with other boats at night, a light is provided inside the float, and the light is turned on by the power supply from the power generation box having a storage battery. So that you can understand the existence of it.

[0003]

As described above, in the Hanawa fishing method, a power generation box equipped with a large-capacity storage battery is required because the light must be turned on all night, and this storage battery is a known type. Thus, an anode made of a zinc plate and a cathode made of a copper plate are inserted into an electrolytic solution such as dilute sulfuric acid or salt water. For this reason, hydrogen ions and electrons stick to the copper plate to generate hydrogen gas, and this gas becomes bubbles and adheres to the copper plate, significantly reducing the function as a battery, and causing the light of the light to decrease or disappear. There was such a problem.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the storage battery as described above, and to quickly remove bubbles adhering to the copper plate of the storage battery by utilizing the fluctuation of the electrolytic solution in the case due to the movement of waves on the water surface. The purpose is to always obtain a sufficient starting force even if it is removed and used for a long time.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a power generation box having a storage battery provided in a case floating on water, wherein a copper plate of the storage battery is mounted substantially horizontally in the container. A configuration is adopted in which bubbles adhered to the copper plate are removed by the swing of the electrolytic solution in the case due to the swing of the container due to the waves.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a case made of an electrically insulating material such as plastic, in which a storage battery 2 is provided to constitute a power generation box A.

In the storage battery 2, dilute sulfuric acid 5 as an electrolytic solution is put in a container 3, and a zinc plate 6 as an anode and a copper plate 7 as a cathode are inserted into the dilute sulfuric acid 5. , And are horizontally arranged with the copper plate 7 facing upward.

As a mounting method, both sides of the zinc plate 6 and both sides of the copper plate 7 are mounted so as to be hung on both side walls of the case 1 by a plurality of arms 8 made of an electrically insulating material such as plastic.

The lead wires respectively connected to the zinc plate 6 and the copper plate 7 are connected via a switch 10 to an illuminator 12 such as an electric lamp mounted in a float 11 floating on the water.
In this embodiment, the float 11 is separate from the power generation box A, but at least the upper half of the case 1 is made transparent or translucent, and the illuminator 12 is built into the case 1 to make the power generation box A itself an illuminated float. It is also possible.

In the case of the above embodiment, when the floating body 11 with the power generation box A and the fishing line 13 suspended thereon floats on the sea, the floating body 1
1 and the power generation box A sway up and down due to the waves. Due to this oscillation, the dilute sulfuric acid 5 in the case 1 oscillates and bubbles attached to the surface of the substantially horizontal copper plate 7 are removed, and the surface of the copper plate 7 is always kept in a clean state to obtain a sufficient electromotive force. .

FIG. 2 shows another embodiment. In this case, a plurality of flexible plastic rocking plates 15 are provided on the lower surface of the lid 4 of the container 3 of the storage battery 2 at appropriate intervals so as to rock around the upper portion thereof, and the lower edge thereof is Rub the top lightly. In this case, when the power generation box A swings, each swinging plate 15 also swings and rubs the surface of the copper plate 7 with its lower edge to remove air bubbles adhering to this surface.

In each of the above embodiments, the copper plate 7 is fixed to the case 1, but the copper plate 7 may be movably attached to the case 1. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the copper plate 7 is suspended from the lower surface of the lid 4 by a plurality of arms 16 made of flexible plastic,
When the case 1 swings, the copper plate 7 swings in a direction opposite to the case 1.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, both the movement of the diluted sulfuric acid 5 and the movement of the copper plate 7 caused by the movement of the case 1 and the container 3 cause the diluted sulfuric acid 5 to move while being in contact with the copper plate 7. Bubbles on the copper plate 7 are removed.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the copper plate 7 is hung from the lower surface of the lid 4 by a plurality of arms 16 made of a flexible plastic, and when the case 1 and the container 3 swing, the copper plate 7 is opposite to the case 1 and the container 3. Mechanism that swings in the direction
As in FIG. 2, a plurality of flexible plastic swing plates 15 are provided on the lower surface of the lid 4 of the container 3 at appropriate intervals so as to swing around the upper portion thereof, and the lower edge thereof is formed of the copper plate 7. Rub the top lightly.

In this case, the lower end of the oscillating plate 15 moves while being in contact with the copper plate 7 in addition to the action of both the swaying of the diluted sulfuric acid 5 and the swaying of the copper plate 7 due to the swaying of the case 1 and the container 3. Thereby, the air bubbles on the copper plate 7 are removed.

FIG. 5 shows that the copper plate 7 is mounted so as to swing by the arm 16 as described above, and the springs 17 are mounted inside the left and right side walls of the container 3.
Swings left and right, both ends of the copper plate 7 hit the spring 17 and rebound. In this way, bubbles attached to the surface of the copper plate 7 are separated and removed by the impact when the copper plate 7 hits the spring 17. Also in this case, when the swing plate 15 is provided as shown in FIG. 4, the efficiency is further improved.

FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the copper plate 7 in which a plurality of holes 18 are provided. This copper plate 7 can be applied to each of the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, and the presence of the holes 18 improves the air bubble removing effect.

The copper plate 19 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 is formed by spirally winding a strip-shaped copper plate, and both ends of the copper plate 19 are fixed to both side walls of the container 3. In this case, the other structure is the same as the structure shown in FIG. 1, and therefore, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 are assigned and the detailed description is omitted. In this case, when the diluted sulfuric acid 5 moves back and forth and right and left due to the oscillation of the container 3, the diluted sulfuric acid 5 flows intricately on the front and back of the spiral copper plate 19 to remove bubbles, so that the bubble removing effect is large.

Furthermore, in the case of the spiral copper plate 19, when the container 3 moves left and right, the copper plate 19 expands and contracts, and the effect of removing bubbles by contact friction with dilute sulfuric acid is increased.

The present invention is most suitable for various purposes, for example, for extending the life of a storage battery such as a buoy indicating a sea route or an underwater dangerous substance, in addition to being used for fly fishing. Each member such as the spring 17 uses a corrosion-resistant material such as plastic.

[0021]

According to the present invention, as described above, the copper plate of the storage battery of the illuminated buoy floating on the water is provided substantially horizontally, so that the swing of the case due to the wave and the accompanying swing of the electrolytic solution cause the copper plate to be bent. Since bubbles adhering to the surface are removed, a reduction in electromotive force due to bubbles adhering to the copper plate is prevented, so that sufficient luminous power is exerted even when the illuminator is turned on for a long time.

In the case of using a rocking plate, the rocking of the case causes the rocking plate to rock and rub the surface of the copper plate, thereby improving the bubble removing effect. Further, the present invention has an effect that another power mechanism is not required for removing bubbles.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially longitudinal front view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially longitudinal front view of the second embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a partially longitudinal front view of the third embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a partial longitudinal front view of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a partially longitudinal front view of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the copper plate.

FIG. 7 is a side view of another embodiment of the copper plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case 2 Storage battery 3 Container 5 Dilute sulfuric acid (electrolyte) 7 Copper plate 15 Rocking plate 16 Arm 18 hole 19 Copper plate

Claims (5)

[Claims] In a power generation box having a storage battery provided in a case floating on water, a copper plate of the storage battery is mounted substantially horizontally in a container of the storage battery, and an electrolytic solution in the container is oscillated by waves due to rocking of the container. A bubble removing device for a storage battery, wherein bubbles attached to a copper plate are removed by swinging. 2. The air bubble removing device for a storage battery according to claim 1, wherein the copper plate in the container is mounted so as to be movable within a predetermined range. 3. The air bubble removing device for a storage battery according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of swing plates for rubbing the upper surface of the copper plate are swingably attached to the lower surface of the lid of the container. 4. The air bubble removing device for a storage battery according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of through holes are provided in said copper plate. 5. A power generation box in which a storage battery is provided in a case floating on water, wherein a copper plate of the storage battery is formed in a spiral shape and is mounted substantially horizontally in a container of the storage battery, and the container is caused by rocking of the container by waves. A bubble removing device for a storage battery, wherein bubbles attached to a copper plate are removed by swinging of an electrolytic solution in the battery. [0001]