Abstract: A sealed type battery is disclosed which can reduce variations in the operating pressure of a safety valve, improve the reliability for the airtightness of a battery vessel, remove the contact of electrode plates and the case due to the rightward or leftward deviation of a group of electrode plates in the direction of the winding shaft, remarkably reduce the internal short-circuiting production rate, and realize cost lowering or reduction in the number of working steps. The battery is equipped with a safety valve in which a cover plate having a hole, a metal thin plate and a holding plate of metal having a hole are stacked with the metal thin plate sandwiched and integrally fixed by laser welding.

Abstract: A safety device of the present invention for a storage battery includes a charge-discharge lead one end of which is connected to a positive electrode side of the storage battery and the other end of which is connected to a positive terminal of the storage battery; a pressure-sensing device which deforms in response to the increase of the pressure in the storage battery; and a cutting device for cutting the charge-discharge lead. The cutting device is pressed by the deformation of the pressure-sensing device to cut the charge-discharge lead.

Abstract: Connecting plates of a sufficiently large thickness can be respectively connected to terminals attached to positive and negative sides, respectively, thereby providing a cylindrical cell which is suitable for supplying a large current and a cell pack using the cylindrical cell.A cell holder is provided in which upper and lower end portions of cylindrical cells are held by a pair of supporting members provided with a vent hole, thereby allowing heat generated from the cylindrical cells to be dissipated to the exterior via the vent hole.In order to attain the objects, in a cylindrical cell, terminals are attached to the cover on the positive side and the bottom face of the case on the negative side, respectively. Each of the terminals consists of a face portion in which a female threaded hole is opened or a male threaded portion is erected, and legs which are formed by bending the four sides of the face portion. The legs are spot-welded to the cover and the bottom face of the case.

Abstract: An electrochemical fluid delivery device according to the present invention includes an electrochemical cell and a flexible bladder having a first chamber for reservoiring a fluid and a second chamber into which gas generated by the electrochemical cell is introduced. The gas compresses the first chamber to deliver the fluid from a delivery port of the first chamber. The bladder is formed of three sheets that are stacked, and their edge portions are joined to each other so that first and second sheets form the first chamber as well as the second sheet and a third sheet form the second chamber. A fluid delivery port and a gas introduction port are provided in the first and second chambers, respectively. The fluid delivery port is also used as a fluid pour port. Alternatively, the fluid pour port is independently provided.

Abstract: In an unsaturated vapor pressure type high sodium lamp, a glass solder used for closely sealing a cap to fix to an arc tube includes a first component which is a mixture of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, CaO and Y.sub.2 O.sub.3, and a second component including at least one of Sc.sub.2 O.sub.3, La.sub.2 O.sub.3, Sm.sub.2 O.sub.3, Ce.sub.2 O.sub.3, Yb.sub.2 O.sub.3 and Dy.sub.2 O.sub.3 ; and a constant percentage of the second component in the glass solder is in a range of 2 to 15 weight %.

Abstract: A sealed tubular lead-acid battery is provided which offers high-rate discharging performance and long cycle life by loading granules of fine particles of silicon dioxide both in a gap between a separator and around each of a positive and negative plate, as well as around the assembled element comprising a separator and the plates. An electrolyte is retained on the positive plate, the negative plate, the separator, and the granules of fine silicon dioxide particles.

Abstract: A device for measuring hydrogen ion concentration in an aqueous solution includes a sensing means for sensing hydrogen ion concentration and a reference electrode. The sensing means may be an ion-sensitive field-effect transistor or a hydrogen ion electrode. The sensing means has an ion-sensitive layer composed of tantalum nitride, niobium nitride, zirconium nitride or niobium oxide. When the sensing device is built integrally into a lead-acid battery, the state of charge-discharge of the battery can be effectively known.

Abstract: An improved tubular sealed lead-acid battery is proposed which has superior cycle life performance by providing a gap A between adjacent tubes which gap is expressed by the following equation, in which constant X is within the range of 0.29-0.75:A=B.times.constant X.times.(1.1-0.1.times.E)-2.times.C.times.DwhereA: the gap between the tubes (mm)B: the inside radius of the tube (mm)C: the thickness of the tube (mm)D: the porosity of the tube (%).times.0.01E: the inter-electrode distance (mm).

Abstract: A motor driven hydraulic tool including a portable battery is preferably employable for a cable laying operation. To displace a movable die toward and away from a stationary die, a piston is driven by pressurized hydraulic oil fed from a hydraulic pump section. The hydraulic pump section is operatively connected to a driving mechanism including a motor via a cam link mechanism. A plunger of the cam link mechanism includes a ring-shaped fitting portion which has an eccentric shaft fitted therein to rotate freely. The eccentric shaft is made integral with the rotational shaft of a motor for the driving mechanism.

Abstract: A speed changing mechanism for use with an electric rotary tool, an electric press-attaching tool, an automatic screw tightening tool or the like, includes planet gears, a planet gear support plate integrally formed with an internal gear and provided with an external gear formed outwardly of the internal gear. The planet gears are rotatably supported by a second planet gear support plate mounted on a driven shaft and formed with a second external gear. The planet gears are engaged with the interanl gear and a sun gear provided on a one-way clutch. A cylindrical member having an internal gear is slidably fitted with at least one of the first and second external gears. The speed changing mechanism can be set to have a ratio of the rapid rotation speed to the slow rotation speed of 2.5/1 or less.

Abstract: A battery including a spare battery is provided in which the six cells conventionally used for the spare battery are decreased to three cells, thereby allowing the capacity of the main battery to be increased. No charger for the spare battery is required. The main battery comprises six cells connected in series, the first of the six cells having a capacity at least 10% higher than that the remaining three cells. A switch is used to connect the spare battery in parallel with the remaining three cells of the main battery.

Abstract: A sealed lead-acid battery which includes a container accommodating an assembled element. The assembled element has at least one electrochemically formed positive plate having a grid of an antimony-free alloy, wherein the plate is made of porous active material. The assembled element also includes at least one electrochemically formed negative plate having a grid of an antimony-free lead alloy, wherein the plate is made of a porous active material. A separator, having a plurality of projections on one or both side thereof, is inserted between the positive and negative plates. A layer of powder is placed between the positive and negative plates and around the assembled element. The powder is composed of a closely packed powder, which is acid-resistant and hydrophilic, and has gas channels within its interior. The powder is immobilized with an acid-resistant porous layer placed above the powder, wherein the porous layer is permeable to gases and liquids, and impervious to particles of the powder.

Abstract: A motor driven hydraulic tool including a portable battery is preferably employable for a cable laying operation. To displace a movable die toward and away from a stationary die, a piston is driven by pressurized hydraulic oil fed from a hydraulic pump section. The hydraulic pump section is operatively connected to a driving mechanism including a motor via a cam link mechanism. A plunger of the cam link mechanism includes a ring-shaped fitting portion which has an eccentric shaft fitted therein to rotate freely. The eccentric shaft is made integral with the rotational shaft of a motor for the driving mechanism.

Abstract: This invention is to provide a nickel-cadmium alkaline storage battery in which the content of nickel hydroxide and/or nickel oxide in a negative active material is from 2 to 60 wt% based on the total amount of cadmium, and the content of cadmium hydroxide in the negative active material is 0.95 or lower in terms of a weight ratio to nickel hydroxide in a positive active material; a manganese dioxide-cadmium alkaline storage battery in which the content of cadmium hydroxide in a negative active material in the discharged state is 0.84 or lower in terms of a weight ratio to manganese dioxide in a positive active material; and a silver oxide-cadmium alkaline storage battery in which the content of cadmium hydroxide in a negative active material in the discharged state is 1.36 or lower in terms of a weight ratio to silver in a positive active material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for easily preparing .gamma.-Cd(OH).sub.2. The present invention facilitates improvement in the charge/discharge performance and energy density of an alkaline secondary battery having a cadmium electrode including .gamma.-Cd(OH).sub.2. The present invention provides superrapid-chargeable batteries, such as a nickel-cadmium alkaline secondary battery having a cadmium electrode including .gamma.-Cd(OH).sub.2 in which the weight of cadmium hydroxide contained in the negative electrode is 0.95 times as much as the weight of nickel hydroxide contained in the positive electrode, a manganese dioxide-cadmium alkaline secondary battery in which the weight of cadmium hydroxide contained in the negative electrode is not more than 0.84 times as much as the weight of manganese dioxide contained in the positive electrode, and a silver oxide-cadmium alkaline secondary battery in which the weight of cadmium hydroxide contained in the negative electrode is not more than 1.

Abstract: A sealed alkaline secondary battery with a cadmium negative electrode employs a micro-porous separator having circular or elliptic pores, to thereby eliminate the occurrence of internal short-circuiting and to improve the oxygen gas absorption ability of the battery.