Electrode for gavlvanic cells

Claim 1

AN ELECTRODE OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, COMPRISING A CENTRAL ROD OF CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY A DISINTEGRABLE MASS OF ACTIVE MATERIAL, SAID ACTIVE MATERIAL BEING ADAPTED TO REACT ELECTROCHEMICALLY WITH A LIQUID ELECTROLYTE, A SOMEWHAT FLEXIBLE BREAKAGE RESISTANT THIN-WALLED HOLLOW TUBE FORMED OF A VINYL POLYMER, SAID TUBE HAVING PERFORATIONS FORMED IN SAID WALL TO PERMIT THE FREE CIRCULATION OF SAID ELECTROLYTE THERETHROUGH, SAID TUBE LATERALLY ENCLOSING SAID MASS OF ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND A COATING OF FLEXIBLE POROUS FABRIC CONSTRUCTED OF THREADS FORMED OF GLASS FIBERS, THE POROSITY OF SAID FABRIC RENDERING SAID FABRIC PERMEABLE TO SAID ELECTROLYTE WHILE EFFECTIVELY PREVENTING THE ESCAPE THERETHROUGH OF ANY PARTICLES RELEASED FROM SAID MASS OF ACTIVE MATERIAL BY SAID DISINTEGRATION, SAID FABRIC COATING BEING APPLIED TO THE INNER WALL SURFACE OF SAID TUBE AND EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY OVER SAID INNER WALL SURFACE AND OVER SAID PERFORATIONS.