Compact reserve type strip battery

Claim 1

A RESERVE TYPE BATTERY WHICH IS ACTIVATED BY APPLYING AN ELECTROLYTE THERETO, SAID BATTERY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A SEPARATOR COMPRISING A LONG THIN STRIP OF POROUS MATERIAL AND A NON-CONDUCTING, NON-POROUS ELECTROLYTE REPELLENT MATERIAL IMPREGNATED IN SAID STRIP AT SPACED INTERVALS SO THAT SAID SEPARATOR IS DIVIDED INTO POROUS MATERIAL SECTIONS AND ELETROLYTE REPELLENT MATERIAL SECTIONS, SAID POROUS MATERIAL SECTIONS SERVING AS RECEIVING SECTIONS FOR SAID ELECTROLYTE; A PLURALITY OF PLATES LONGITUDINALLY POSITIONED ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID SEPARATOR, EACH OF SAID PLATES BEING POSITIONED OVER TWO POROUS MATERIAL SECTIONS AND AN ELECTROLYTE REPELLENT MATERIAL SECTION THEREBETWEEN, ONE PORTION OF EACH OF SAID PLATES SERVING AS AN ANODE ELEMENT, AND THE OTHER PORTION SERVING AS A CATHODE ELEMENT, THE PLATES ON ONE SIDE OF SAID SEPARATOR BEING STAGGERED IN RELATION TO THE PLATES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID SEPARATOR SO THAT SAID ANODE AND CATHODE ELEMENTS OF THE PLATES ON ONE SIDE ARE POSITIONED OPPOSITE THE CATHODE AND ANODE ELEMENTS RESPECTIVELY OF THE CORRESPONDING PLATES ON SAID OPPOSITE SIDE TO FORM A STRIP BATTERY OF SERIES CONNECTED CELLS; MEANS FOR AFFIXING SAID PLATES TO SAID SEPARATOR; AND ELECTORLYTE REPELLENT MATERIAL COMPLETELY COATING SAID SEPARATOR AND SAID PLATES EXCEPT FOR ONE EDGE OF SAID SEPARATOR, SAID ELECTROLYTE BEING INJECTED INTO SAID POROUS MATERIAL SECTIONS ALONG SAID ONE EDGE TO ACTIVATE SAID BATTERY.