Device for producing thermoelectric battery blocks

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING AND SOLDERING THERMOCOUPLE BATTERY BLOCKS FROM A MULTIPLICITY OF N-TYPE AND P-TYPE LEGS AND CONNECTING BRIDGE PIECES, COMPRISING A RIGID FRAME STRUCTURE HAVING A FRAME OPENING WHICH DEFINES THE PERIMETRIC SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE MULTI-LEG BLOCK TO BE PRODUCED; TWO GROUPS OF ELONGATED DIVIDER BARS REMOVABLY ASSEMBLED WITH SAID FRAME AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE FRAME SPACE IN TRANSVERSE DIRECTION TO EACH OTHER, EACH GROUP COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL DIVIDERS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE OF THE OTHER GROUP AT THE RESPECTIVE INTERSECTIONS SO AS TO PARTITION THE FRAME SPACE INTO A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS IN CHECKERBOARD-TYPE ARRANGEMENT AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE RESPECTIVE THERMOCOUPLE LEGS, SAID DIVIDERS BEING ALTERNATELY OFFSET INWARDLY IN THE ASSEMBLED CONDITION SO AS TO ACCOMMODATE THE BRIDGE PIECES TO BE SOLDERED ONTO EACH TWO ADJACENT LEGS ON EACH SIDE OF THE FRAME OPENING, THE DIVIDER BARS OF AT LEAST ONE OF SAID GROUPS BEING DIVIDED RESPECTIVELY INTO A PLURALITY OF PARTS EXTENDING IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE RESPECTIVE DIVIDER BARS OF SAID ONE GROUP, SAID PARTS OF SAID DIVIDER BARS RESPECTIVELY BEING SLIDABLE SEQUENTIALLY IN SAID RESPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OUT OF SAID FRAME SPACE FOR DISASSEMBLING THE DEVICE; A BASE BENEATH THE FRAME STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING THE LEGS AND BRIDGE PIECES WHEN PLACED INTO THE FRAME STRUCTURE; AND A COVER WITH FASTENING MEANS ON TOP OF THE FRAME STRUCTURE FOR CLOSING THE FRAME AND RETAINING THE INSERTED LEGS AND BRIDGES PIECES.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR ASSEMBLING AND SOLDERING THERMOCOUPLE BATTERY BLOCKS FROM A MULTIPLICITY OF N-TYPE AND P-TYPE LEGS AND CONNECTING BRIDGE PIECES, COMPRISING A RIGID FRAME STRUCTURE HAVING A FRAME OPENING WHICH DEFINES THE PERIMETRIC SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE MULTI-LEG BLOCK TO BE PRODUCED; TWO GROUPS OF ELONGATED DIVIDER BARS REMOVABLY ASSEMBLED WITH SAID FRAME AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE FRAME SPACE IN TRANSVERSE DIRECTION TO EACH OTHER, EACH GROUP COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL DIVIDERS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THOSE OF THE OTHER GROUP AT THE RESPECTIVE INTERSECTIONS SO AS TO PARTITION THE FRAME SPACE INTO A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS IN CHECKERBOARD-TYPE ARRANGEMENT AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE RESPECTIVE THERMOCOUPLE LEGS, SAID DIVIDERS BEING ALTERNATELY OFFSET INWARDLY IN THE ASSEMBLED CONDITION SO AS TO ACCOMMODATE THE BRIDGE PIECES TO BE SOLDERED ONTO EACH TWO ADJACENT LEGS ON EACH SIDE OF THE FRAME OPENING, THE DIVIDER BARS OF AT LEAST ONE OF SAID GROUPS BEING DIVIDED RESPECTIVELY INTO A PLURALITY OF PARTS EXTENDING IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE RESPECTIVE DIVIDER BARS OF SAID ONE GROUP, SAID PARTS OF SAID DIVIDER BARS RESPECTIVELY BEING SLIDABLE SEQUENTIALLY IN SAID RESPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OUT OF SAID FRAME SPACE FOR DISASSEMBLING THE DEVICE; A BASE BENEATH THE FRAME STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING THE LEGS AND BRIDGE PIECES WHEN PLACED INTO THE FRAME STRUCTURE; AND A COVER WITH FASTENING MEANS ON TOP OF THE FRAME STRUCTURE FOR CLOSING THE FRAME AND RETAINING THE INSERTED LEGS AND BRIDGES PIECES.