Flat dry battery

Claim 1

A FLAT BATTERY COMPRISING AN ASSEMBLY OF SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT CELL ELEMENTS ARRANGED IN PROPER ORDER TO FORM A PLURALITY OF CELLS INCLUDING MIX CAKES AND PARTITIONS ARRANGED BETWEEN GROUPS OF CELL ELEMENTS, THE PARTITIONS HAVING OPENINGS THEREIN, THE PARTITIONS COMPRISING A CONTINUOUS STRIP OF NON-CONDUCTING PLASTIC MATERIAL EXTENDING OVER THE TOP OF THE TOP CELL, THEN OVER ONE SIDE OF THE TOP CELL, THEN BETWEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE TOP CELL AND THE TOP OF THE NEXT CELL, THEN OVER A SIDE OF THE SECOND CELL AND BETWEEN EACH TWO CELLS AND OVER ONE SIDE OF THE LOWER OF EACH TWO CELLS AND UNDER THE BOTTOM OF THE BOTTOM CELL, THE PARTITIONS BEING OF GREATER AREA THAN THE MIX CAKES AND THE OPENINGS THEREIN BEING SPACED TO BE ARRANGED IN THE CENTER PORTIONS OF THE SECTIONS BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF CELLS PROVIDING CONTACT OF ADJACENT CELL ELEMENTS OF THE GROUPS THROUGH THE OPENINGS, AND A JACKET OF A SINGLE LAYER OF A PLASTIC NON-CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, THE JACKET EXTENDING OVER THE SIDES AND PORTIONS OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE BATTERY, THE JACKET BEING BONDED TO THE EDGES OF THE PARTITIONS ON THREE SIDES OF EACH CELL AND TO THE STRIP OF MATERIAL WHICH EXTENDS OVER ONE SIDE OF EACH CELL AND SPACED FROM THE EDGES OF THE MIX CAKES THEREBY FORMING AIR SPACES SURROUNDING THE MIX CAKES.