Electrochemical device for generating direct current
First Claim
1. An electro-chemical device for electro-chemically generating a direct current which comprises:
- two strips of a conductive material, each of said two strips having an inside surface and an outside surface, said two strips representing respectively an anode and a cathode, said two strips being moved from two spaced apart storage devices at substantially identical velocities, the inside surface of each of said two strips coming into a close relationship along a path of travel,an electrolyte being continuously supplied onto the inside surface of one of said two strips before said path of travel, andat least one current collector which is in contact with said two strips and which collects electro-chemically generated direct current, said at least one current collector for conducting direct current to a current consumer.
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Abstract
The electro-chemical apparatus for generating direct current comprises two flat and thin stainless steel tapes (30,30'"'"') representing anode and cathode respectively owing to the anode strip being covered with an anode material such as lithium. The tapes are wound of a first pair of spaced apart reels (31,31'"'"') at identical linear velocity and their inside surfaces are brought into a close relationship while the tapes are moved through the gap between two graphite block collectors (12.12'"'"') which are urged onto the tape outsides. After having passed the collectors the tapes are separated again and wound up on a second pair of spaced apart reels (32,32'"'"'). Before entering the gap between the collectors an electrolyte (22), such as thionyl chloride in a paste condition is evenly applied to the inside surface of one of the tapes. As soon as the tape insides are in a close relationship to each other within the gap between the collectors, current starts to be generated by electro-chemical reaction and to be collected by the graphite collectors upon having reached the desired level and is then conducted to a consumer.
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21 Claims
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1. An electro-chemical device for electro-chemically generating a direct current which comprises:
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two strips of a conductive material, each of said two strips having an inside surface and an outside surface, said two strips representing respectively an anode and a cathode, said two strips being moved from two spaced apart storage devices at substantially identical velocities, the inside surface of each of said two strips coming into a close relationship along a path of travel, an electrolyte being continuously supplied onto the inside surface of one of said two strips before said path of travel, and at least one current collector which is in contact with said two strips and which collects electro-chemically generated direct current, said at least one current collector for conducting direct current to a current consumer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An electro-chemical device for electro-chemically generating a direct current which comprises:
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two strips of a conductive material, each of said two strips having an inside surface and an outside surface, one of said two strips having a lithium coating on an inside surface thereof and being an anode, the other of said two strips being made of stainless steel and being a cathode, said two strips being moved from two spaced apart storage devices at substantially identical velocities, the inside surface of each of said two strips coming into a close relationship along a path of travel, an electrolyte being continuously supplied onto the inside surface of the cathode before said path of travel, and at least one current collector which is in contact with said two strips and which collects electro-chemically generated direct current, said at least one current collector for conducting direct current to a current consumer. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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