Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus – product – and – Having specified venting – feeding or circulation structure – Venting structure
Patent
1981-07-27
1983-08-23
Walton, Donald L.
Chemistry: electrical current producing apparatus, product, and
Having specified venting, feeding or circulation structure
Venting structure
429 89, H01M 212
Patent
active
044004508
ABSTRACT:
An explosion-proof battery vent and filler plug (10) is disclosed, which provides a flame barrier (16) to prevent external ignition of gas evolved from a battery during operation from causing ignition of the larger volume of gas within the battery itself, without simultaneously allowing a high rate of evaporation of the electrolyte. In accordance with the invention, the flame barrier means (16) is provided with an indirect, restricted outlet (64) for the evolved gases to pass to the atmosphere, thus reducing the flow of air through the electrolyte space of the battery. The preferred embodiment includes a filler tube (14) with a funnel-shaped entrance (24) within a shell member (12) which sealingly engages an opening of a battery. Gas evolved from the battery during operation passes into a splash chamber, (46) then through a baffle (18) into an expansion chamber 52, and then flows through a microporous disk flame barrier (16) into an exit chamber, (65), and vents to the atmosphere through vent holes (64) which are substantially smaller than any previous passage through which the gas has passed, thus forming an indirect, a restricted outlet for battery gases, and a restricted inlet for air flow to limit the rate of evaporation of electrolyte.
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Allied Corporation
DeClercq James P.
Kalafut Stephen J.
Walton Donald L.
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