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Adapter for dry cell batteries

  • US RE31,458 E
  • Filed: 02/22/1979
  • Issued: 12/06/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In combination;

  • a dry cell battery of a first nominal cross section and an adapter to render the battery interchangeable with a battery of a second, larger nominal cross section, said adapter comprising a body having a central passage opening at opposite ends thereof and constituting means for receiving a battery of said first nominal size insertable therein and removable therefrom from both ends of the body, said passage having the battery received therein and said body having at least two internal flanges projecting into said passage, radially innermost surfaces of said flanges being cylindrical and constituting means engaging and supporting said battery, the external transverse dimensions of the body being substantially similar to those of a battery of said second and larger nominal size.

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