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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1989
Ryohei Ashihara, Neyagawa, JP;
Kikumitsu Suehiro, Moriguchi, JP;
Masayuki Yabuta, Kurita, JP;
Hideaki Yamagishi, Takatsuki, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An outer metal jacket for a dry cell, prepared by butting a rectangular metal plate at both side edges and joining the butted part by welding or bonding to make a cylindrical body, characterized in that a part having smaller mechanical strength is integrally provided on at least one of the upper and lower rims of the cylindrical body as a safety mechanism. When the inner pressure is increased by any reason originated from an electrochemical cell system accommodated therein, the safety mechanism is opened outwardly and the increased pressure is reduced therethrough.