The Gillette Company

Duracell Inc.

Kenneth R Taylor

George M Cintra

Chih-Chung Wang

Alexander Boris Shelekhin

Philip D Trainer

Shuming Zeng

Tae-Won Lee

A method of making a battery cathode includes forming a first layer having a cathode mixture on a substrate, separating, e.g., removing, the substrate from the first layer, and incorporating the first layer into the battery cathode.

Battery electrode and method of making the same

An alkaline cell having an anode comprising zinc and a cathode comprising manganese dioxide wherein the cathode is located annularly along the inside surface of the cell housing and has a plurality of indentations on the inside of its surface facing the cell interior. Each indentation has a wall defining a channel with an opening thereto running preferably in the direction of the cell's length. The channel and opening facing the cell interior filled with anode material. The cell can have an anode current collector, typically of metal, with at least a portion of its surface extending into the cathode indentation channel. The anode current collector can have a portion of its surface extending from a point within the anode and into the cathode indentation channel through said opening. The cell can include a cathode current collector comprising a sheet of conductive material such as a sheet of metal or graphite placed within the cathode, particularly within thick regions of the cathode. The cathode current collector can be used. in conduction with a conventional single nail anode current collector or in combination with the extended surface anode current collectors of the invention. Such alkaline cells exhibit improved performance, particularly under high power application.

Cathode indentations in alkaline cell

A method for the production of slurries which are uniform in density and consistency. In particular, a method for preparing zinc anode slurries employed in producing anodes for alkaline batteries. The method comprises a bag slurry forming process, using a drum mixer, involving mixing dry anode components within a sealed, inplated, gas-tight, liquid impervious, flexible, collapsible bag; and, then adding a wet component to the bag, collapsing said bag, and tumbling-kneading the components to form a blended slurry.

Slurry forming process using an inflatable/collapsible bag within a

An apparatus for the transfer or conveyance of a slurry and the simultaneous densification thereof through the intermediary of vacuum pumping. Specifically, disclosed is an apparatus for the vacuum pumping of a slurry, particularly a zinc-containing slurry utilized in the preparation of zinc anodes for alkaline batteries, which facilitates the transfer of the slurry and the concurrent densification thereof in conjunction with the elimination of any gas bubbles which are entrapped in the slurry. Also disclosed is a method of transferring and simultaneously densifying a slurry while eliminating entrapped gas bubbles therefrom through the intermediary of a vacuum pumping process utilizing the disclosed apparatus.

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Norfolk, MA, United States of America

Kenneth R Taylor