Storage battery device for starting vehicles

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A STORAGE BATTERY DEVICE FOR USE AS AN AUXILIARY SOURCE OF POWER FOR STARTING VEHICLES WHICH COMPRISES: A RECTANGULAR CASE HAVING A BOTTOM WALL AND LONGITUDINAL SIDE WALLS AND TRANSVERSE END WALLS,. AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE SEPARATOR WALLS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS SO AS TO DIVIDE THE CASE INTO A PLURALITY OF RECEPTACLE PORTIONS OF THE CASE; A PLURALITY OF STORAGE CELLS DISPOSED IN RESPECTIVE RECEPTACLE PORTIONS OF THE CASE, SAID CELLS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED IN SERIES SO THAT IN COMBINATION THE CELLS COMPRISE A STORAGE BATTERY; A NEGATIVE TERMINAL AND A POSITIVE TERMINAL ON SAID STORAGE BATTERY, AND INTERMEDIATE OUTLET MEANS ON SAID STORAGE BATTERY AT AN ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL INTERMEDIATE THE POTENTIALS OF THE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE TERMINALS; A PAIR OF OUTPUT CABLES, ONE CABLE BEING CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID BATTERY TERMINALS; AND A BATTERY MAINTAINER AND SWITCHING UNIT DISPOSED IN ONE OF SAID RECEPTACLE PORTIONS OF THE CASE, SAID UNIT INCLUDING ELECTRICAL SWITCHING MEANS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE OTHER CABLE, AND TO THE OTHER BATTERY TERMINAL AND SAID INTERMEDIATE OUTLET MEANS, SAID SWITCHING MEANS BEING SELECTIVELY OPERABLE IN ONE POSITION THEREOF TO ELECTRICALLY CONNECT SAID OTHER CABLE WITH SAID OTHER BATTERY TERMINAL FOR USE OF THE DEVICE IN CONNECTION WITH HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, AND IN ANOTHER POSITION THEREOF TO ELECTRICALLY CONNECT SAID OTHER CABLE WITH SAID INTERMEDIATE OUTLET MEANS FOR USE OF THE DEVICE IN CONNECTION WITH LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; SAID UNIT ALSO INCLUDING A BATTERY MAINTAINER COMPRISING ELECTRICAL INPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING ELECTRICAL POWER FROM AN ALTERNATING CURRENT POWER SOURCE, THREE MAINTAINER OUTPUT CONDUCTORS CONNECTED TO SAID STORAGE BATTERY SO AS TO PROVIDE CHARGING CURRENT TO SAID STORAGE BATTERY, TWO OF THE CONDUCTORS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE RESPECTIVE STORAGE BATTERY TERMINALS AND THE THIRD CONDUCTOR BEING CONNECTED TO SAID INTERMEDIATE STORAGE BATTERY OUTLET MEANS, AND ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID MAINTAINER INPUT MEANS AND SAID MAINTAINER OUTPUT CONDUCTORS FOR REDUCING THE VOLTAGE AND RECTIFYING THE CURENT PROVIDED TO THE MAINTAINER FROM SAID ALTERNATING CURRENT POER SOURCE, SAID CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING CURRENT LIMITING MEANS FOR LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF CHARGING CURRENT PROVIDED TO THE STORAGE BATTERY, A VOLTAGE-REDUCING TRANSFORMER HAVING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY WINDINGS, SAID PRIMARY WINDING BEING CONNECTED TO SAID ELECTRICAL INPUT MEANS AND RECTIFYING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSFORMER SECONDARY WINDING AND TO SAID THREE CONDUCTORS SO AS TO PROVIDE GREATER CHARGING CURRENT TO A PORTION OF THE STORAGE BATTERY BETWEEN ONE BATTERY TERMINAL AND SAID INTERMEDIATE BATTERY OUTLET MEANS THAN BETWEEN THE OTHER BATTERY TERMINAL AND SAID INTERMEDIATE OUTLET MEANS