Water-activable battery utilizing absorbent open-celled material
Abstract
Abstract A STORAGE BATTERY HAVING A PLURALITY OF ENCLOSED CELLS WITH A SEPARATE FILLER OPENING POSITIONED OVERL EACH CELL. WITH EACH CELL, THE BATTERY PLATES ARE SEPARATED FORM, BUT IN LIQUID COMMUNICATION WITH, A BODY OF LIQUID-ABSORBENT MATERIAL WHICH IS POSITIONED BELOW THE FILLER OPENING FOR THAT CELL. THE BODY OF ABSORBENT MATERIAL IS OF SUFFICIENT SIZE AND ABSORBENCY TO RETAIN AN AMOUNT OF CONCENTRATED BATTERY ACID SUFFICIENT TO FULLY ACTIVE THE CELL WHEN WATER IS ADDED THROUGH THE FILLER OPENING TO RELEASE THE CONCENTRATED ACID FROM SAID ABSORBENT BODY AND TO FILL THE BATTERY CELL. THE ABSORBENT MATERIAL MAY BE COMPRISED OF AN OPEN-CELLED, FOAMED SYNTHETIC MATERIAL SUCH AS A PHENOLIC RESIN.
Inventors
- 👤 Herbert A Bernholtz
- 👤 John P Badger
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