Deferred action type electric battery having electrolyte guiding means

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC CELL OF THE TYPE THAT IS ACTIVATED BY INTRODUCTION OF LIQUID SHORTLY BEFORE USE COMPRISING A CASING, AN ELEMENT CONSISTING OF ELECTRODES AND SEPARATORS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID CASING, SAID ELEMENT BEING OPEN AT THE BOTTOM, A FILLING OPENING FORMED IN THE TOP OF SAID CASTING THROUGH WHICH SAID LIQUID IS INTRODUCED TO THE ELEMENT TO ACTIVATE THE CELL SHORTLY BEFORE USE, AND GUIDING MEANS FOR DIRECTING SAID LIQUID SUBSTANTIALLY AT A SHEETOUTWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG THE TOP AND SIDES OF SAID CASING, RESPECTIVELY, SAID GUIDING MEANS BEING AN INVERTED CONTAINER WHOLLY WIGHIN SAID CASING AND SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSING THE ELEMENT ALONG THE TOP AND SIDES BUT OPEN AT THE BOTTOM, A VENT FORMED AT THE TOP OF SAID CONTAINER REMOTE FROM SAID FILLING OPENING FOR THE ESCAPE OF AIR, WHEREBY SAID LIQUID WHEN INTRODUCED THROUGH SAID FILLING OPENING FLOWS CLEAR OF SAID ELEMENT TO THE REGION OF THE BOTTOM OF SAID CASING AND THENCE UPWARD THROUGH THE ELEMENT TO PREVENT FORMATION OF AIR BUBBLES AND TO ALLOW AIR IN SAID ELEMENT TO ESCAPE THROUGH SAID VENT.