Abstract:
A method of constructing multicell batteries utilizes a continuous web comprising a plurality of structurally connected continuous Zones at least one of which comprises a continuous strip of metal. Deposits of electrodes are placed along the Zones of the continuous web after which the web is cut to structurally disconnect the continuous Zones from each other. Pockets are then indented in a Zone comprising a continuous strip of metal, the indenting being done in a manner which results in the pocketed Zone having the same relative longitudinal length after the indenting as it had before the indenting. Finally, the pocketed Zone is collated into an assembly of battery components which includes at least one other continuous Zone from the web. The indenting may be preceded by the cutting of a slit partially across the Zone to be pocketed, in which case the width of the slits is increased but the center lines of the slits remain in fixed relative longitudinal position by the indenting action. The method is applicable both to webs having metal and plastic laminations and to all metal webs.