Sea-water battery

Claim 1

A PRIMARY ELECTRIC BATTERY, COMPRISING: HOUSING MEANS; A PLURALITY OF BIPOLAR ELECTRODES DISPOSED IN STACKED RELATIONSHIP WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS WITH FACES OF ONE POLARITY CONFRONTING FACES OF OPPOSITE POLARITY OF ADJACENT ELECTRODES AND SPACED THEREFROM FOR ENABLING THE FLOW OF AN ELECTROLYTE THEREBETWEEN; CONDUCTOR MEANS FOR DRAWING ELECTRIC CURRENT FROM SAID ELECTRODES, EACH OF SAID ELECTRODES COMPRISING A PLATE OF ONE POLARITY WITH A LAYER OF A MATERIAL OF OPPOSITE POLARITY DISPOSED THEREON, SAID PLATES EACH EXTENDING OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE CONFINES OF THE RESPECTIVE LAYER TO FORM A MARGINAL PORTION FREE FROM SAID LAYER, SAID PORTION BEING DEFORMED ALONG THE PLATE EDGE INTO A PLURALITY OF PERIPHERALLY SPACED UNDULATIONS WHICH ARE OUTWARDLY FLARED IN FUNNEL-LIKE MANNER AND OFFSET FROM CORRESPONDING UNDULATIONS OF ADJACENT PLATES, SAID UNDULATIONS BEING TANGENT TO A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID FACES; INTERNAL SPACER MEANS INWARDLY OF THE CONFINES OF EACH OF SAID LAYERS FOR SPACING IT FROM A RESPECTIVE PLATE OF AN ADJOINING ELECTRODE TO PERMIT THE FLOW OF ELECTROLYTE BETWEEN ADJACENT ELECTRODES, SAID INTERNAL SPACER MEANS RISING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE LEVEL OF SAID UNDULATIONS; AND AN INSULATING STRIP OVERLYING SAID MARGINAL PORTIONS AND SAID UNDULATIONS, SAID UNDULATIONS CONTACTING THE ADJOINING FACE OF A RESPECTIVE ADJACENT ELECTRODE THROUGH SAID STRIP FOR SEPARATING THE ADJACENT ELECTRODES ALONG THEIR MARGINAL PORTIONS AND FOR PREVENTING DEFORMATION OF SAID MARGINAL PORTIONS BY A FLOW OF SAID ELECTROLYTE THROUGH SAID HOUSING MEANS BETWEEN SAID ELECTRODES.