US4264691A
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Battery interseparator
Assignee: WR Grace and Co
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Filing: 1979-07-13
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Granted: 1981-04-28
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Expires: 1999-07-13
Abstract
Abstract A battery interseparator useful in alkaline battery systems, and a process of forming the same, is formed from a composition having 30-70% by weight synthetic pulp, 15-65% by weight alkali resistant inorganic filler, and 1-35% by weight of long fibers having lengths of between 1/4 and 1 inch. The long fibers may be polyester, polyacrylic, polyamide, polyolefin, or other staple fiber material. The process for forming the subject battery interseparator requires first forming a substantially uniform aqueous mixture of the subject composition, sequentially treating said composition with a combination of a cationic and an anionic agent, applying the treated composition to a standard paper-making apparatus at a grammage rate to cause the resultant dried sheet to have a thickness of less than 10 mils, and forming a sheet product.
Inventors
- 👤 Dennis D. O'Rell
- 👤 Nguyen V. Hien
- 👤 Joseph T. Lundquist, Jr.
- 👤 Christian B. Lundsager
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 05:42
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M50/00; H01M50/40; H01M50/409; H01M50/44; H01M50/403; H01M50/411; H01M50/414; H01M50/417; H01M50/42; H01M50/423; H01M50/431; H01M50/434; H01M50/489; H01M50/491; H01M50/494; H01M2300/00; H01M2300/0002; H01M2300/0014; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10; Y02P; Y02P70/00; Y02P70/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A battery interseparator suitable for use in an alkaline battery system comprising a porous sheet material of less than about 10 mils thickness formed from a substantially uniform mixture of from about 30 to 70 weight percent polyolefin synthetic pulp, from about 15 to 65 weight percent of an alkali resistant inorganic filler, from about 1 to 35 weight percent of long synthetic fibers having lengths of at least about 0.25 inch and a combination of cationic agent and anionic agent in an effective amount of from about 0.01 to 1 weight percent to retain said inorganic filler therein.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
A battery interseparator suitable for use in an alkaline battery system comprising a porous sheet material of less than about 10 mils thickness formed from a substantially uniform mixture of from about 30 to 70 weight percent polyolefin synthetic pulp, from about 15 to 65 weight percent of an alkali resistant inorganic filler, from about 1 to 35 weight percent of long synthetic fibers having lengths of at least about 0.25 inch and a combination of cationic agent and anionic agent in an effective amount of from about 0.01 to 1 weight percent to retain said inorganic filler therein.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
The battery interseparator of claim 1 wherein said polyolefin synthetic pulp is selected from polyethylene polypropylene or a combination thereof, said inorganic filler is selected from titanium dioxide, alumina, magnesia, calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, calcium titanate, potassium titanate, zirconium hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide, or mixtures thereof; and said long synthetic fibers are formed from a polyester, polyolefin, polyamide, polyacetate, polyacrylate, or polyacrylic.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The battery interseparator of claim 1 wherein the long fiber synthetic polymer is present in an amount from 1 to 15 percent formed from polyolefin polyamide or polyester, and are present in not greater than 50 weight percent of said synthetic pulp.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The battery interseparator of claim 1 wherein the filler is selected from titanium dioxide, alumina, magnesia or mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The battery interseparator of claim 1 wherein said polyolefin synthetic pulp is comprised of polyethylene.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The battery interseparator of claim 1 wherein said alkaline resistant inorganic filler is comprised of titanium dioxide with specific surface area of at least 10 m 2 /g.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The battery interseparator of claim 1 wherein the maximum pore size is less than 35 microns.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The battery interseparator of claim 1 wherein the average pore diameter is less than 10 microns.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The battery interseparator of claim 1 wherein the electrical resistance is less than about 25 milliohms-square inch.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The battery interseparator of claim 1 further comprising about 1 to about 5 weight percent alum.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
109 words
The battery interseparator of claim 1 wherein the long fibers are formed from a polyester, polyamide or polyolefin, are present in an amount of from about 1 to 15 weight percent and not greater than about 50 weight percent of said synthetic pulp, and are of deniers of about 1.5 to about 6 and lengths of about 0.25 to about 1 inch, the alkaline resistant inorganic filler has particle sizes of about 0.001 to 1 micron and a surface area of at least 10 m 2 /g, the maximum pore size is up to about 35 microns, and the polyolefin synthetic pulp fibers are at least partially melt bonded.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
The battery interseparator of claim 11 comprising about 0.01 to about 0.15 weight percent of a cationic copolymer containing acrylamide and about 0.01 to about 0.15 weight percent of an anionic copolymer containing acrylamide.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
The battery interseparator of claim 2 wherein said long synthetic fibers are formed from polyester.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
The battery interseparator of claim 2 wherein said long synthetic fibers are formed from polyolefin.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The battery interseparator of claim 2 wherein said long synthetic fibers are formed from polyamide.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
15 words
The battery interseparator of claim 2 wherein said long synthetic fibers are formed from polyacetate.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
17 words
The battery interseparator of claim 2 wherein said long synthetic fibers are formed from polyacrylate or polyacrylic.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
122 words
The battery interseparator of claim 2 wherein the synthetic pulp is formed from fibers having an average length of from about 1 to 4 millimeters, the alkali resistant filler has a particle size of from about 0.001 to 1 micron, a surface area of from about 5 to 200 square meters per gram and a pore volume of from about 0.01 to 1 cc per gram; the long fibers are of a denier of from about 1.5 to 6, a length of from about 0.25 to 1 inch, and at a concentration of not greater than 50 weight percent of the synthetic pulp; an average pore diameter of less than 10 microns; and a maximum pore size of less than 35 microns.
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