Air-depolarized cells

Claim 1

AN AIR-DEPOLARIZED CELL COMPRISING A RECTANGULAR PLASTIC CASE, DIFFERENTLY COLORED TOP AND BOTTOM PLASTIC MEMBERS THEREFORM PERMITTING POLARITY DISCRIMINATION; A U-SHAPED ZINC ANODE INTEGRALLY UNITED WITH SAID CASE AND SEPARATED FROM THE BOTTOM MEMBER OF THIS CASE BY A SOFT PLASTIC GASKET, A TUBULAR COPPER RIVET SERVING AS AN EXTERNAL CONNECTOR FOR, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY HOLDING, SAID ANODE AND GASKET IN PREDETERMINED POSITION IN THE CELL CASE; AN ACTIVE CARBON CATHODE COMPOSED OF FINELY DIVIDED CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES INTEGRALLY UNITED WITH A THERMOPLASTIC RESIN AND INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE LEGS OF THE AFORESAID ANODE, SAID CATHODE BEING SEALED TO THE CELL COVER AND HAVING METALLIC CONTACT MEANS PROVIDED WITH APERTURES ALLOWING THE ENTRY OF AMBIENT AIR KINTO THE CELL; ANAQUEOUS ALKALINE ELECTROLYTE CONTAINING SODIUM HYDROXIDE AND ZINC OXIDE IMMOBILIZED BETWEEN PRESENT TO SUCH A AND CATHODE, SAID ELECTOLYTE BEING PRESENT TO SUCH A LEVEL IN SAID CELL THAT THE ENTIRE ANODE STRUCTURE INCLUDING SAID EXTERNAL CONNECTOR IS BELOW ELECTROLYTE LEVEL, AND A FLOCCOSE SEPARATOR PAD BETWEEN SAID ANODE AND CATHODE.