Storage battery and method of making same

Claim 1

IN A METHOD FOR MAKING DRY CHARGED STORAGE BATTERIES, THE STEPS COMPRISING ASSEMBLING CELL GROUPS INCLUDING NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE PLATES SEPARATED BY SEPARATORS TAKEN FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF PAPER AND PLASTICS WHICH SEPARATORS HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY TREATED WITH A WETTING AGENT, CHARGING AND FORMING HE CELL GROUPS IN BATTERY ACID, REMOVING THE BATTERY ACID FROM THE CELL GROUPS, WASHING THE CELL GROUPS FREE FROM ACID, TREATING THE WET, CHARGED AND FORMED CELL GROUPS WITH A WETTING AGENT THAT IS NOT DELETERIOUSLY AFFECTED BY THE HEAT OF THE SUBSEQUENT DRYING STEP, DRYING THE CELL GROUPS UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND IN A SUBSTANTIALLY NONOXSIDIZING ATMOSPHERE, AND FINALLY ASSEMBLING THE DRIED AND CHARGED CELL GROUPS IN BATTERY CASES WHEREBY FULLY CHARGED, READY-TO-USE BATTERIES ARE AVAILABLE UPON SUBSEQUENT ADDITION OF BATTERY ACID THERETO.