Storage battery

Claim 1

FOR A MULTI-CELL STORAGE BATTERY HAVING A CELL CONTAINER OF ACID-RESISTING MATERIAL IN WHICH CELL GROUPS ARE PROVIDED HAVING PLATES SUPPORTED ON CONNECTOR BARS INCLUDING TERMINAL POSTS, A UNITARY MOLDED COVER CONSTRUCTION, COMPRISING, A ONE PIECE COVER ADAPTED TO SEAL SIMULTANEOUSLY THE CELL GROUPS AND HAVING A FLUSH TOP SURFACE EXTENDING OVER ALL SIDES OF THE CELLS CONTAINER AND, INTERRUPTED ONLY BY THE TERMINAL POSTS AND FILLER PLUGS, MEANS FORMING FILLER OPENINGS AND INCLUDING SPLIT SKIRT PORTIONS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO SPACE ADJACENT EACH CELL GROUP, SAID ONE PIECE COVER PROVIDING COOPERATING GROOVE PROTIONS RELATIVE TO THE SIDES OF THE CELL CONTAINER FOR SEALING THEREBETWEEN, BOSSES FORMED BY SAID COVER AND ADAPTED TO SURROUND THE TERMINAL POSTS IN SPACED RELATION THERETO, BUSHINGS FILLING SPACE BETWEEN SAID TERMINAL POSTS AND BOSSES, A PLURALITY OF IMPERORATE AND INDEPENDENT FILLER CAPS THREADEDLY ENGAGED IN SAID COVER, ONE OF SAID CAPS BEING PROVIDED FRO EACH CELL, WELLS FORMED IN SAID COVER BELOW SAID FLUSH TOP SURFACE RELATIVE TO WHICH ELECTRICAL CONNECTION IS MADE BETWEEN ADJACENT CELL GROUPS IS SEALED RECESS SPACE, AND MEANS FORMING A SINGLE LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING VENT PASSAGE A MANIFOLD CONNECTION MOLDED IN SAID COVER TRANSVERSELY OF THE CELL GROUPS AND COMPLETELY REMOTE FROM SAID IMPERFORATE FILLER CAPS AND FILLER OPENINGS THEREFOR, SAID VENT-PASSAGE FORMING MEANS INCLUDING AN ELONGATED COVER WHICH SNAPS INTO PLACE RELATIVE TO SAID UNITARY COVER AND WHICH HAS AT LEAST ONE VENT OPENING THEREIN.