Deferred-action dry battery

Claim 1

A DEFERRED ACTION BATTERY, COMPRISING A CONTAINER HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, A PLURALITY OF SERIALLY CONNECTED CELLS IN SAID CONTAINER, SAID CELLS BEING ARRANGED TO LEAVE A SPACE WITHIN SAID CONTAINER, ELECTRICALLY NON-CONDUCTIVE WALLS WITHIN SAID CONTAINER SEPARATING SAID CELLS FROM ONE ANOTHER AND FROM SAID SPACE, SAID WALLS BEING ARRANGED TO PROVIDE OPENINGS THEREIN ADJACENT THE BOTTOM OF SAID CONTAINER, A RUPTURABLE ENVELOPE CONTAINING A CELL ACTIVATING LIQUID IN SAID SPACE, AND A SECOND RUPTURABLE ENVELOPE IN SAID SPACE AND RESTING STOP SAID FIRST ENVELOPE, SAID SECOND ENVELOPE CONTAINING A NON-CONDUCTIVE LIQUID SUBSTANTIALLY IMMISCIBLE WITH AND OF GREATER SPECIFIC GRAVITY THAN SAID ACTIVATING LIQUID, AND POINTED MEANS IN SAID CONTAINER OPPOSED TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID FIRST ENVELOPE, THE AMOUNT OF LIQUID IN SAID SECOND ENVELOPE BEING SUFFICIENT TO COVER SAID OPENINGS IN SAID WALLS WHEN RELEASED FROM SAID SECOND ENVELOPE.