Storage battery filling device

Claim 1

A DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A FLEXIBLE TUBE EXTENDING FROM A DEFORMABLE RESILIENT NON-VENTED CONTAINER HOLDING AN ACID SOLUTION TO FILL EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS OF A STORAGE BATTERY WITH SAID SOLUTION TO A PREDETERMINED LEVEL THEREIN ABOVE THE PLATES IN SAID CELL, EACH OF WHICH CELLS HAVE A THREADED INLET OPENING FORMED IN THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF, WITH A TARGET RING SITUATED BELOW SAID OPENING, WHICH DEVICE INCLUDES: (A) A PLURALITY OF THREADED TUBULAR MEMBERS THAT CAN REMOVABLY ENGAGE SAID THREADED INLETS; (B) A PLURALITY OF INVERTED ELONGATE CUP-SHAPED BODIES LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED IN SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS, EACH OF WHICH BODIES HAVE SPACED FIRST AND SECOND PASSAGES FORMED IN THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF; (C) FIRST MEANS FOR SEALINGLY AND ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID BODIES IN SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS; (D) SECOND MEANS FOR DIVIDING THE INTERIOR OF EACH OF SAID BODIES INTO FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SPACES THAT ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND PASSAGES; (E) A PLURALITY OF CORRUGATED RESILIENT TUBES DEPENDING FROM THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID BODIES, WITH THE LOWERMOST OF EACH OF SAID CORRUGATIONS BEING ADAPTED TO SEAT ON ONE OF SAID TARGET RINGS; (F) A PLURALITY OF TUBULAR EXTENSIONS DEPENDING FROM SAID LOWERMOST CORRUGATIONS, WITH THE EXTERNAL DIAMETER OF SAID EXTENSIONS BEING LESS THAN THE INTERIOR DIAMETER OF SAID TARGET RINGS; (G) A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE CONDUITS THAT EXTEND BETWEEN SAID BODIES, WITH THE ENDS OF EACH CONDUIT BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH A FIRST PASSAGE IN ONE OF SAID BODIES AND A SECOND PASSAGE FORMED IN AN ADJACENTLY DISPOSED ONE OF SAID BODIES; (H) THIRD MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID FLEXIBLE TUBE TO SAID FIRST PASSAGE IN ONE OF SAID BODIES THAT IS DISPOSED IN A FIRST END-POSITIONED CELL IN SAID BATTERY, WHICH CONTAINER WHEN HELD ABOVE SAID BATTERY DISCHARGES ACID SOLUTION INTO SAID END-POSITIONED CELL DUE TO FORCE OF GRAVITY UNTIL SAID SOLUTION HAS RISEN ABOVE THE LOWER END OF SAID TUBULAR EXTENSION TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PRESSURE IS INCREASED ON AIR CONFINED IN SAID CELL TO THE EXTENT THAT SAID SOLUTION RISES IN SAID SECOND SPACE AND FLOWS THROUGH SAID SECOND PASSAGE TO SEQUENTIALLY FILL THE BALANCE OF SAID CELLS IN SAID BATTERY; AND

Claim 2

A DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A FLEXIBLE TUBE EXTENDING FROM A DEFORMABLE RESILIENT NON-VENTED CONTAINER HOLDING AN ACID SOLUTION TO FILL EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS OF A STORAGE BATTERY WITH SAID SOLUTION TO A PREDETERMINED LEVEL THEREIN ABOVE THE PLATES IN SAID CELL, EACH OF WHICH CELLS HAVE A THREADED INLET OPENING FORMED IN THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF, WITH A TARGET RING SITUATED BELOW SAID OPENING, WHICH DEVICE INCLUDES: (A) A PLURALITY OF THREADED TUBULAR MEMBERS THAT CAN REMOVABLY ENGAGE SAID THREADED INLETS; (B) A PLURALITY OF INVERTED ELONGATE CUP-SHAPED BODIES LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED IN SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS, EACH OF WHICH BODIES HAVE SPACED FIRST AND SECOND PASSAGES FORMED IN THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF; (C) FIRST MEANS FOR SEALINGLY AND ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID BODIES IN SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS; (D) SECOND MEANS FOR DIVIDING THE INTERIOR OF EACH OF SAID BODIES INTO FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SPACES THAT ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND PASSAGES; (E) A PLURALITY OF CORRUGATED RESILIENT TUBES DEPENDING FROM THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID BODIES, WITH THE LOWERMOST OF EACH OF SAID CORRUGATIONS BEING ADAPTED TO SEAT ON ONE OF SAID TARGET RINGS; (F) A PLURALITY OF TUBULAR EXTENSIONS DEPENDING FROM SAID LOWERMOST CORRUGATIONS, WITH THE EXTERNAL DIAMETER OF SAID EXTENSIONS BEING LESS THAN THE INTERIOR DIAMETER OF SAID TARGET RINGS; (G) A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE CONDUITS THAT EXTEND BETWEEN SAID BODIES, WITH THE ENDS OF EACH CONDUIT BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH A FIRST PASSAGE IN ONE OF SAID BODIES AND A SECOND PASSAGE FORMED IN AN ADJACENTLY DISPOSED ONE OF SAID BODIES; (H) THIRD MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID FLEXIBLE TUBE TO SAID FIRST PASSAGE IN ONE OF SAID BODIES THAT IS DISPOSED IN A FIRST END-POSITIONED CELL IN SAID BATTERY, WHICH CONTAINER WHEN HELD ABOVE SAID BATTERY DISCHARGES ACID SOLUTION INTO SAID END-POSITIONED CELL DUE TO FORCE OF GRAVITY UNTIL SAID SOLUTION HAS RISEN ABOVE THE LOWER END OF SAID TUBULAR EXTENSION TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PRESSURE IS INCREASED ON AIR CONFINED IN SAID CELL TO THE EXTENT THAT SAID SOLUTION RISES IN SAID SECOND SPACE AND FLOWS THROUGH SAID SECOND PASSAGE TO SEQUENTIALLY FILL THE BALANCE OF SAID CELLS IN SAID BATTERY; AND