Liquid ammonia deferred action electric-current producing cell

Claim 1

IN A LIQUID AMMONIA, DEFERRED ACTION, ELECTRIC CURRENT-PRODUCING CELL SYSTEM ACTIVATABLE UPON THE INTRODUCTION OF LIQUID AMMONIA, INVOLVING AN ANODE, A CATHODE CONDUCTOR AND ELECTROLYTE SOLUTE SOLUBLE IN LIQUID AMMONIA AND FREE OF LIQUID AMMONIA AND IN AN AMOUNT TO PROVIDE, UPON INTRODUCTION OF LIQUID AMMONIA UPON ACTIVATION, AT LEAST ABOUT 1 MOL PERCENT OF SOLUTE CONCENTRATION TO RENDR SAID AMMONIA ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING, IN CONTACT WITH SAID CATHODE CONDUCTOR, A DRY, SOLID AMMONIATED SULFATE OF A HEAVY METAL BELOW FERROUS IRON IN THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SERIES, SAID AMMONIATED SULFATE CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE MOLECULE OF AMMONIA OF AMMONIATION PER MOLECULE OF HEAVY METAL SULFATE BUT BEING FREE OF LIQUID AMMONIA, AND SAID ANODE, SOLUTE AND AMMONIATED SULFATE BEING SO ARRANGED THAT, UPON INTRODUCTION OF LIQUID AMMONIA, THE RESULTING ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION CONTACTS SAID ANODE AND SAID AMMONIATED SULFATE.