Continuous process of manufacturing a stack of elements for use in an electric cell

Claim 1

A CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF PREPARING A STACK OF ELEMENTS OF DISTINCT KINDS FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIC CELL, SAID STACK COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUPERPOSED ELEMENTS OF THREE DISTINCT KINDS ALTERNATED THEREIN, COMPRISING PROVIDING THREE BANDS EACH OF A DISTINCT KIND, EACH RESPECTIVE BAND COMPRISING A GROUP OF DISC-LIKE ELEMENTS ALL OF THE SAME KIND RESPECTIVELY LINKED TOGETHER BY SIMILAR LINKING PARTS OF THE SAME KIND AS THE ELEMENTS LINKED TOGETHER THEREBY, THE DISC-LIKE ELEMENTS OF A FIRST AND A SECOND OF SAID BANDS ALL BEING LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED IN THE UNFOLDED CONDITION OF SUCH BANDS, AND THE DISC-LIKE ELEMENTS OF A THIRD OF SAID BANDS HAVING THEIR DISC-LIKE ELEMENTS STAGGERED IN THE UNFOLDED CONDITION OF SAID THIRD BAND, ITS SAID DISC-LIKE ELEMENTS EXTENDING ALONG A ZIG-ZAG LINE, POSITIONING A FIRST ELEMENT ON EACH BAND IN ITS UNFOLDED CONDITION IN STACKED RELATIONSHIP AT A COMMON LOCATION WITH THE FIRST ELEMENT OF SAID STAGGERED THIRD BAND LYING BETWEEN THE FIRST ELEMENTS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND BANDS, THEN FOLDING THE LINKING PART BETWEEN THE FIRST AND A SECOND ELEMENT OF THE STAGGERED BAND SO THAT THE SECOND ELEMENT OF SIAD STAGGERED BAND OVERLIES THE FIRST ELEMENT OF ONE OF THE TWO OTHER BANDS, THEN FOLDING THE LINKING PART BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND ELEMENT OF THE OTHER OF SAID TWO OTHER HANDS TO OVERLIE THE SAID SECOND ELEMENT OF SAID STAGGERED BAND, THEN FOLDING THE LINKING PART BETWEEN THE SECOND AND A THIRD ELEMENT OF THE STAGGERED BAND TO OVERLIE THE SECOND ELEMENT OF SAID OTHER OF SAID TWO OTHER BANDS AND THEREAFTER IN SEQUENCE AND IN CONTINUITY FOLDING LINKING PARTS BETWEEN SUCCEEDING ELEMENTS OF SAID ONE OF SAID OTHER TWO BANDS, SAID STAGGERED BAND, SAID SECOND OF SAID TWO OTHER BANDS AND SAID STAGGERED BAND TO COMPLETE A STACK OF ELEMENTS OF SAID BANDS IN WHICH THE ELEMENTS OF SAID ONE AND SAID SECOND OF SAID TWO OTHER BANDS ARE DISPOSED IN ALTERNATION IN THE STACK WITH AN ELEMENT OF SAID STAGGERED BAND BETWEEN EACH OF THE ADJACENT ELEMENTS OF THE SAID OTHER TWO BANDS.