Galvanic battery

Claim 1

GALVANIC BATTERY OF THE DEFERRED ACTION TYPE, SUITABLE FOR USE IN A PROJECTILE, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT ANNULAR SOLUBLE METAL ELEMENTS EACH PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE SMALL APERTURE AND EACH COATED ON ONE FLAT SURFACE WITH AN ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE ELECTROLYTE-IMPERVIOUS CARBONACEOUS LAYER TO FORM AN ELECTRODE UNIT, SAID UNITS BEING ASSEMBLED COAXIALLY WITH THE COATED SURFACES UPPERMOST, INSULATING MATERIAL DISPOSED BETWEEN AND SEALED TO THE OUTER PERIPHERAL MARGINS OF ADJACENT UNITS TO PROVIDE BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF UNITS A CELL FOR ELECTROLYTE, RIGID INSULATING MATERIAL DISPOSED BETWEEN AND SEALED TO THE INNER PERIPHERAL MARGINS OF ADJACENT UNITS TO SUPPORT SAID MARGINS, AT ONE END OF THE SO ASSEMBLED UNITS AN ELECTROLYTE DISTRIBUTOR PROVIDED WITH APERTURES COMMUNICATING WITH THE APERTURES IN SAID UNITS AND WITH THE AXIAL CAVITY DEFINED BY THE ASSEMBLED ANNULAR UNITS, IN SAID AXIAL CAVITY A FRANGIBLE AMPULE CONTAINING A RESERVED SUPPLY OF ELECTROLYTE, AND A RIGID OUTER CONTAINER.