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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ralph J Brodd, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ; C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156182 ; 1563063 ; 427591 ; 427592 ; 427596 ; 427597 ; 427251 ; 4272552 ; 427405 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel process and apparatus for coating electrically conductive substrate with alkali metal by vacuum metallizing. Novel methods and apparatus are provided to protect the alkali metal surface against atmospheric degradation. The alkali metal coated substrate prepared according to this invention can be used as an anode in electrochemical batteries.