Dry cell

Claim 1

A DRY CELL COMBINATION OF AN ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL, A DEPOLARIZING MIX, A CENTRAL ELECTRODE WITHIN THE MIX AND ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL, AN OUTER ELECTRODE OUTSIDE THE ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL AND MIX, MEANS CLOSING THE ENDS OF THE CELL, A PRINCIPAL MEANS FOR VENTING GAS PRESSURE WITHIN THE CELL THEOUGH A CELL, WALL, OF A CARBONACEOUS ELECTRODE CONTAINING A WATER REPELLENT MATERIAL, HAVING CAPILLARY PORES BUT BEING FREE OF ANY TRANSVERSE OPENINGS LARGER THAN ITS PORES, AND HAVING A LONGITUDINAL BORE, SAID CARBONACEOUS ELECTRODE CONSTITUTING A PRINCIPAL GAS VENTING DEVICE WHICH IS MORE RESISTANT KTO THE PASSAGE OF ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL THAN TO THE PASSSGE OF GAS FROM THE CELL, WHEREBY GAS MAY BE VENTED GENERALLY RADIALLY THROUGH AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID CARBONACEOUS ELECTRODE WALL WITHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING THE RESISTANCE OF THE CELL WALL TO THE PASSAGE OF LIQUID WITHIN THE CELL OUT THROUGH SAID CELL WALL, AND A RESINOUS PLASTIC JACKET OUTSIDE THE OUTER ELECTRODE AND OF ELECTROLYTE-PROOF MATERIAL WHICH IS NON-BULGING WHEN IN CONTACT WITH ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL OR ITS CRYSTALLINE GROWTH, SAID JACKET HAVING PORTIONS BENT OVER EACH END OF THE CELL.