Abstract:
DUPLEX ELECTRODES ARE CONSTRUCTED BY PLACING INTERMITTENT DEPOSITS OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A CONTINUOUS, ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PLASTIC CARRIER STRIP. THE DUPLEX ELECTRODES ARE THEN ASSEMBLED INTO MULTICELL BATTERIES. THE ASSEMBLY PREFERABLY OCCURS WHILE THE DUPLEX ELECTRODES ARE STRUCTURALLY AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED BY THE CONTINUOUS PLASTIC CARRIER STRIP AFTER WHICH THE CARRIER STRIP IS SUBSEQUENTLY CUT BETWEEN DUPLEX ELECTRODES TO OBTAIN STRUCTURALLY AND ELECTRICALLY UNCONNECTED BATTERIES. ALTERNATIVELY, THE CARRIER STRIP MAY BE CUT BETWEEN DUPLEX ELECTRODES BEFORE THOSE ELCTRODES ARE ASSEMBLED INTO MULTICELL BATTERIES.
Abstract:
A DUPLEX ELECTRODE IS CONSTRUCTED BY FIRST COATING ONE SIDE OF A CONTINUOUS METAL CARRIER STRIP WITH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE METERIAL AND THEN PLACING INTERMITTENT DEPOSITS OF POSITIVE ELECTRODE ALONG THE COATED SIDE OF THE CARRIER STRIP. THE DUPLEX ELECTRODE IS THEN ASSEMBLED INTO A MULTICELL BATTERY WHERE A SEGMENT OF THE METAL CARRIER STRIP FUNCTIONS AS THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE OF ONE CELL, THE DEPOSIT OF POSITIVE ELECTRODE FUNCTIONS AS THE POSITIVE ELECTRODE IN AN ADJACENT CELL, AND THE DEPOSIT OF CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE FUNCTIONS AS THE INTERCELL CONNECTOR. THE ASSEMBLY PREFERABLY OCCURS WHILE THE DUPLEX ELECTRODES ARE STRUCTURALLY AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED BY THE CONTINUOUS CARRIER STRIP AFTER WHICH THE CARRIER STRIP IS SUBSEQUENTLY CUT BETWEEN DUPLEX ELECTRODES TO OBTAIN STRUCTURALLY AND ELECTRICALLY UNCONNECTED BATTERIES. ALTERNATELY, THE ELECTRODES ARE ASSEMBLED INTO MULTICELL BATTERIES. PREFERABLY, THE METAL CARRIER STRIP IS ZINC AND THE POSITIVE ELECTRODES COMPRISE MANGANESE DIOXIDE.
Abstract:
A method for making an electrode bearing conductive material by preparing a solvent containing electronically conductive plastic strip and contacting it with a solvent containing electrode mix such that an intimate electronic contact is effected between the contacting surfaces of the plastic strip and the electrode mix.
Abstract:
The method, which provides liquid-impervious seals around opposed positive and negative battery electrodes in a collation of battery layers, concerns the need to apply energy around the opposed electrodes by some means other than and for a longer time period than the conventional pair of pressure rolls which have previously been used to seal moving battery layers. With this invention the seals are made by platens which either travel along with the moving collation during the sealing step or which are brought into contact with an increment of the collation which is temporarily stopped.
Abstract:
The method, which provides liquid-impervious seals around opposed positive and negative battery electrodes in a collation of battery layers, concerns the need to apply energy around the opposed electrodes by some means other than and for a longer time period than the conventional pair of pressure rolls which have previously been used to seal moving battery layers. With this invention the seals are made by platens which either travel along with the moving collation during the sealing step or which are brought into contact with an increment of the collation which is temporarily stopped.