Battery arrangement

Claim 2

A battery arrangement for an electronic appliance equipped with a data memory (16), comprising a battery accommodation chamber (14) with electric contact terminal strips, (28, 30) wherein the improvement comprises that the battery chamber (14) is equipped for the simultaneous accommodation and electric connection of at least two batteries (24, 24A) so that in battery replacement the old battery (24) can remain in the battery chamber (14) and in electrical connection with the contact terminal strips (28, 30) until the new battery (24A) is inserted into the chamber (14) and is in electrical connection with the contact terminal strips (28, 30).

Claim 3

The battery arrangement according to claim 1, wherein blocking means (46) prevent the simultaneous presence of two batteries (24, 24A) in the battery chamber (14) in the condition ready for operation.

Claim 4

The battery arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the battery chamber (14) comprises a lid (44) with a blocking body (46), and when the lid (44) is closed this blocking body (46) occupies at least a part of the space required for the new battery, in such a way that after a battery replacement the old battery (24) in each case must be removed before the lid (44) can be brought into the closure position.

Claim 5

The battery arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the battery chamber (14) comprises insulating contact protection means (40, 36a, 38a) which prevent a short-circuit.

Claim 6

The battery arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the battery chamber (14) is formed for the reception of button-shaped cells (24, 24A).

Claim 7

The battery arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the battery chamber (14) comprises a floor (22) with a first contact terminal strip (28) and a side wall (58) with a second contact terminal strip (30) and the two contact terminal strips (28, 30) are formed continuously for the electrical connection of the two button-shaped cells (24, 24A).

Claim 8

The battery arrangement according to claim 6, wherein a sliding guide (22, 32, 58, 60) for two button-shaped cells (24, 24A) is formed in the battery chamber (14), in that this sliding guide (22, 32, 58, 60) comprises two button-shaped cell insertion positions (36, 38) spaced from one another and in that the pair of button-shaped cells (24, 24A) is pushable to and fro in the sliding guide (22, 32, 58, 60) in tandem manner over a sliding distance between two end positions determined by end stops (54, 56), where in the one end position of the button-shaped cell pair (24, 24A), the one button-shaped cell (24A) is in alignment with the one button-shaped cell insertion position (38) and in the other end position of the button-shaped cell pair (24, 24A) the other button-shaped cell (24) is in alignment with the other button-shaped cell insertion position (36).

Claim 9

The battery arrangement according to claim 7, wherein an electrically insulating separating element (40) is provided in the battery chamber (14) between the two button-shaped cells (24, 24A) and is displaceable with the button-shaped cell pair (24, 24A) in each case along the sliding guide (22, 32, 58, 60).

Claim 10

The battery arrangement according to claim 8, wherein the separating element (40) is only limitedly displaceable along a path corresponding to the sliding path of the button-shaped cell pair (24, 24A) in the sliding guide (22, 32, 58, 60), so that after the removal of the old button-shaped cell (24) in each case the separating element (40) constitutes a first slide limiting stop for the new button-shaped cell (24A).

Claim 11

The battery arrangement according to claim 9, wherein a second slide limiting stop (42) for the new button-shaped cell (24A) in each case is fitted on a lid (44) of the battery chamber (14).

Claim 12

The battery arrangement according to claim 7, wherein the button-shaped cell insertion positions (36, 38) are formed so that they prevent positioning of the button-shaped cells (24, 24A) in which they metallically bridge over the first and second contact terminal strips (28, 30).

Claim 13

The battery arrangement according to claim 11, wherein the sliding guide (22, 32, 58, 60) is limited by a retaining wall (32) substantially parallel to the floor (22) with button-shaped cell insertion openings (36, 38), edges (36a, 38a) of which openings grasp over second contact terminal strip (30).