Electrolytic cell, particularly accumulator cell

Claim 1

AN ALKALINE STORAGE BATTERY CELL COMPRISING A POSITIVE ELECTRODE, A NEGATIVE ELECTRODE HAVING A GREATER CHARGE CAPACITY THAN SAID POSITIVE ELECTRODE, A FORM-STABLE LAYER INTERMEDIATE OF, AND IN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTACT WITH, SAID ELECTRODES, SAID LAYER BEING IMPREGNATED WITH AN ALKALINE ELECTROLYTE CONTAINING A REDUCIBLE CADMIUM COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CANDIUM OXIDE AND CADMIUM HYDROXIDE AS CONTIGUOUS PARTICLES FORMING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING BRIDGE-LIKE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SAID ELECTRODES WHEN THEIR POLARITIES ARE REVERSED, AND ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE MEANS SUPPLEMENTING DURING RECHARGE OF THE CELL THE RESISTANCE OF SAID INTERMEDIATE LAYER TO PRODUCE AN OXIDIZING POTENTIAL AT SAID POSITIVE ELECTRODE, SAID ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE ELECTRODES BEING BROKEN BY REOXIDATION OF THE CADMIUM WHEN THE ORIGINAL POLARITY OF THE ELECTRODES IS RESTORED.