Water activated magnesium anode battery and separator therefor

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC BATTERY COMPRISING: FIRST AND SECOND THIN MAGNESIUM ANODES HAVING A SILVER FOIL CONDUCTOR IN CONTACT WITH AND INTERPOSED THEREBETWEEN WITH EACH ANODE AND THE FOIL CONDUCTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF ALIGNED APERTURES EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THERETHROUGH; A HYDROPHOBIC MATERIAL FORMED AS AN ELECTRODE SEPARATOR BY COMPLETELY FILLING EACH APERTURE OF THE ANODES AND INTERPOSED CONDUCTOR WITH A QUANTITY OF QUICKSETTING FLUID HYDROPHOBIC MATERIAL, WHEREBY A TIGHT FITTING SEPARATOR IS PROVIDED HAVING PROTRUSIONS EXTENDING BEYOND THE OUTERMOST SURFACE OF EACH ANODE; FIRST AND SECOND THIN SILVER CHLORIDE CATHODES, ONE PLACED ADJACENT TO AND IN PARALLEL WITH EACH OF THE OUTERMOST SURFACES OF THE ANODE-FOIL ARRANGEMENT AND IN CONTACT WITH THE PROTRUSIONS OF HYDROPHOBIC MATERIAL, WHEREBY ELECTRICAL ENERGY IS PRODUCED UPON THE INSERTION OF A SEA WATER ELECTROLYTE, RESULTING IN DETERIORATION OF THE MAGNESIUM ANODES WHICH ARE RIGIDLY MAINTAINED BY SAID HYDROPHOBIC MATERIAL SEPARATOR IN THEIR RELATIVE POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO SAID CATHODES FOR THE LIFE OF THE BATTERY.