Abstract: An anti-spill arrangement is disclosed for a liquid electrolyte battery. The device comprises a chamber configuration or arrangement for containing electrolyte associated with a battery cell, when a battery is tipped toward or onto any one of its sides. The chamber arrangement has an inlet in communication with an associated battery cell and an outlet in communication with a vent to atmosphere. The chamber arrangement is such that regardless to which side a battery having the device is tipped, electrolyte flows from the associated battery cell into the chamber arrangement to a level which blocks further electrolyte flow through the inlet. The chamber arrangement is such that the contained level of electrolyte remains spaced from the outlet of the arrangement. Thus, this type of device precludes flow of electrolyte out of the anti-spill device when the battery is tipped to any one of its sides.

Abstract: A rope holder for a battery handle rope is integral with a side of the battery case. The holder has two separate laterally spaced-apart sets of first and second passageways, the bottom opening of each passageway being unobstructed. Each passageway receives and permits passage therethrough of a length of battery handle rope having a rigid elongate lug on each end thereof. The area beneath the bottom opening of each passageway is sufficiently unobstructed to permit threading of the battery handle rope through the first and second passageways. The rigid elongate lug of the rope is secured in the upper portion of the second passageway. Upon failure of the means for securing the lug, the lug is frictionally bound in the lower portion of the second passageway because the cross-sectional area of the second passageway is less than the longitudinal length of the rigid lug. The battery handle rope is retained in the battery holder even with failure of the means for securing the lug.