Battery

Claim 1

A THERMAL BATTERY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A FIRST PLURALITY OF BIMETAL SEMI-WASHERS COMPOSED OF A FIRST METAL AND HAVING A QUADRANT SURFACE COVERED WITH A SECOND METAL OF DIFFERENT ELECTROTHERMAL CHARACTERISTICS, EACH OF SAID FIRST SEMI-WASHERS BEING OFFSET IN THE CENTER: A SECOND PLURALITY OF BIMETALLIC SEMI-WASHERS HAVING THE SAME CONSTRUCTION AS SAID FIRST SEMI-WASHERS EXCEPT THAT SAID SECOND SEMI-WASHERS ARE LEFT-HANDED WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST SEMI-WASHERS; A PLURALITY OF SEMI-WASHER HEAT PADS MADE UP OF A MIXTURE OF ASBESTOS AND A COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; A PLURALITY A QUADRANT ELECTROLYTE ELEMENTS; SAID FIRST AND SECOND SEMI-WASHERS BEING STACKED WITH SAID ELECTROLYTE ELEMENTS AND SAID SEMI-WASHER HEAT PADS SO AS TO FORM A CYLINDER HAVING TWO HALVES, A FIRST HALF OF THE CYLINDER CONTAINING FIRST AND SECOND QUADRANTS AND FORMING A FIRST SERIES OF CELL WHICH ALTERNATE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND QUADRANTS, AND A SECOND HALF OF THE CYLINDER CONTAINING THIRD AND FOURTH QUADRANTS AND FORMING A SECOND SERIES OF CELLS WHICH ALTERNATE BETWEEN SAID THIRD AND FOURTH QUADRANTS, EACH CELL BEING MADE UP OF A QUADRANT ELECTROLYTE ELEMENT PLACED BETWEEN A QUADRANT OF FIRST METAL AND A QUADRANT OF SECOND METAL, SAID SEMIWASHER HEAT PADS BEING PLACED BETWEEN OPPOSITE FIRST METAL SURFACES OF SAID SEMI-WASHERS SO AS TO BE ALTERNATELY STACKED WITH SAID CELLS; MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND SERIES OF CELLS IN SERIES; PRIMER MEANS PLACED WITHIN THE CYLINDRICAL TUBE FORMED IN THE CENTER OF SAID CYLINDER BY SAID SEMI-WASHERS, SAID PRIMER IGNITING SAID HEAT PADS WHEN SAID PRIMER IS FIRED; MEANS FOR FIRING SAID PRIMER: AND SILICON RUBBER MEANS COATING SAID CYLINDER TO HOLD SAID CYLINDER TOGETHER, INSULATE SAID CELLS, AND PREVENT SAID ELECTROLYTE FROM LEAKING.