Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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~UI!SP~P. R~ADY BA~ Y
~AC~;GROUN~ OF THE INVENTION
S~veral probl~m~ ~a~3 th~ motori~, conPronl~d with a
d" ba~tary, who e~k~ to ~ump ~art ~n automo}: ile,
Jumper ~able~ g~t lo~, and ~r~ nQver w~l:h yc:u wh~n you
need them. EstEIbli~hing ~ 3ctric~1 ;;onnecti4rl, usln
~ umper cable l~lamp3, b~ween your automobile battery and
the b~tery of ~noth~r autom~bilç3 is a nulE~anc:e~ Batte~
post~ ar~ n~ alway~ readily aoc~ bl~, and Xnowlng
wheth~r go~d c:entao~ haç~ ~een m~e i~ alway~ a problem,
~p~ol~lly when (~ yood sa~e~y pr~ctiae) ~he last ~lamp
~t~açhm~nt iE~ mado indirectly t:hrough the automoblle frame.
Unl~ go~d oontaa~ i~3 oonfirm~3d, you oan neve$ ~ ~ur~
wh~ther a ~reakd~wn i3 c~u~ed by a "dead" battery, or not.
~he ~umpsr re~dy h~ttery o~ ~h~ ln~ntion provides
onveniently, re~ily ac~qe~ibla ~umper cable~, that ~re
ea~y ~c; use ~nd offer bsn~ial~l conta~t ~abli~hln~
~van~age~ . The ~umper ~eady battex~r o~ the invention
elimlnates ~he n~d ~o carry a s~parate ~ o~ ~umper
~able~ ~
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~he jumper ready ~t~ry o~ ~h~ inventlon i~ a
~andard au~omobil~ bat~ery, modiPied aither intern~lly ~r
ex~ernally to p~a~id~ ni~ioant ~ump ~tart rel~ted
impro~rem~nt~. Th~ ~irs~ i~ that the battery conl~in~ ~ ~et
of r~tra~kable jumper cab~e~ that ara pre-~tta~hed ~o thQ
pc~ va and neya~lve pole~ o~ th~ ba~tery. The
re~ra~table ~abl~ ~re hou~ed in~i~s ~h~ ba~ery or in an
auxill~ry ~t~u~ture alQ~ely a~sool~t~d with the b~ttery.
The battery olamp~ m~y be mad~ lumine~ent, ~o ~low in the
3 0 ~rk . For aont~ t ~onf ~ rma~lon purpo~e~:, th~ J~att~y i~
~ugm~nted to incl~de a m~ la hllght that can b~ u~ad
~ither a~ a mea~anic'P l~ght c;r to as~ k in thP iumping
pro~sO Tho r~r~table aa~le~ are pxe~;rably :E~ur gauge
wl~ with a l~ngth o;~ ~ix to ~n ~eet. ïn a mod:ified
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embodlment, the "~umpe~ raady b~t~ry'l c~npri~e~ a
aonventional b~t~ry ~o wh~ch An ~dd-on retrac~bl~ cable
~ixtur~ i mounted.
BRI~F DES~P~XPTION OF THE ~R~WXNGS
Embodimen~ of th~ inven~ion have been aho~sn for
purpo~e~ o~ illust~A~ion a,n~ des~riptl~n, and are shown in
~h~ acaomp~nying drawing~, wher~ln;
FIG. 1 i~ a view ~ a jumper reaày battr~ry in
Acoordanc:e with the inven~ ~ vn;
~IG . 2 1~ a view o~ a moclif ied ~o~m ~ the battery of
~IG. l; and
FI~ a ciraui t: diagram o~ the b~ ry ~ FIG . 2 .
Throughout the d~awing~, like elem~nt3 axe r~f~rred to
by like numeral~.
DESCF~XP~ION O~ :I?R~SFERRED EMBOI)lMENTS
As ~hown in F~ n ~tomo~ batt~3ry ~0 include~
po~itive and negative ~rminal po~k~ 11, 1~ aonn~3cted vla
~eal~ 13, 14 through cove~ 15 o~ a aon~in~r 1~ to po~k
~trap~ 17 and pl~te lug~ 18 ~or ~ trical ~ommunic~lon
with pl~te~ 19 immer~ed in an elec~relyte 2a~ ~uch as
w~ter~bas~d ~olution of eul ~u~l~ acid . Thi~ connac~ti~n iB
mad~ in ~nventlonal mann~r, with c~ps ~1 o~ ven~ plugs
baing lo~at~ad on th~ ~o~rer 15 to en~le ga~ evaauation and
replallish~nt o~ elec:trolyte~ In oonYen~ional m~nn~,
condu~or~ ~3, ~4 oonrlea~ the ba~ry terminal~
re~pectively, to positl~ and neg~lv~3 side~ of an
au~omobile electric~l sy~t~m 2~; the neg~iv~ conn~ction
b~ing m~d~3, a~ i~ cu~tomary, l~y atta~hm~nt o~ the ~ondut:tor
24 to khe autom~bil~ fEx~me~ 26. Th~ ba~ vf ~he batt~3ry
aa~ing 1~ uppor~ed in sui~al~ hlon, ~uch a~ in a
tr~y 27 mounted c~n the ~ram~ 26. Well-known mean~ ~not
~hown) a~e utilized to lo~k ~he batte~ 10 within ~he ~ray
27,
I~ ~ccordanoa with tha invention, tha aon~ain~r 1
3 5 include~ ~ ~ep~irats ~hamber 3 0, i~olated ;i~rom th~
ele~trolyte ah~nber 31, and within which ~ump~r cable~ 34,
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35 are ~toxed. Each ~bl~ in~lude~ t on~ en~l, an
alli~or al~mp or imilar me~hani~m 3G ~or e~al3li~hing
elec~rical ~c;ntact be~w~en ~che a~;~sociated oable 34, 3S ~nd
a corr~;ponding po~itive or negative pos~ o~e a remotq
5 bat~ery o~ another ~utomob~ le us~d ~or ~umping purpo~e~.
For ea~e o~ manlpulation in tho darkl th~ handl~ par~ o~
th~ clamp~ ~ are coa~ed with ~ luminou~ m~erlal, such a~
phosp~ore~aent paint. At i~ oth~r end, ~a~h cable 34, 35
inalud~ mean~ ~or ~.~t~bll~hing elec~ri~;~l connection ~o
10 th~ r~specti~re po~itlve or negative pole ll, 1~ of the
batter~ 10. ~or the ~mbodiment o~ FIG. 1, ~uch
c~mmuniaati~n ic e ~blish~d by a lea~ 37 whi~h
~lectr~aally coupl~ h~ inæi~e ~nd o~ the CAbl~ 34, 35
th~vugh ~ seal 3e to the ~ppropriate pR~:t ~rap 17.
l~he cab~ 34, 35 ar~ ma~e retraatable by attachmsnt
about a ~pool 41 of a r~tractin~ mechani~m ~o mounted ln
the chamber 30~ Sul~able mechani~ms 40 may be of a type
gU~ ~15 u3~3d to ~etract th~3 ele~tric:~l co~d o~ a caniste~
~acuum cleAn~r (~ee, e~g., th~ ~or~ reel ~ sembly pArt No.
20 700858 of a K~nmore v~uum cleaner, ~d~l No. 1~.23~9182)
or Pf a mschani~ ' 6i g~lar~e~ work lamp ( ~e~ , ~ . g ~, the
m~chani~m u~ed to re~r~a~ th~ aox~ o~ a oommexcially
~vailable Quali~y cord ree~. The elec~xia~l ~onnection o~
the le~d 37 to ~he ~pool-moun~ed end o~ the ~umper cables
~5 34, 35 i~ mad~ u~ing brush~s, rotating ~on~act~, ox ~imllar
kn~wn deYic~. T~ prevent retraa~ion o~ the alamp~3 36 into
the in~erlor ~ ahamber 30, ~ that they remain acc~saibl~
Rxl:ernally~o~ening~ c~ 8 42, 43 ar~i ~ormed in the oov~r
15 ovar th~ ~hamb~r 30. The c:a~ ie~ 42; ~3 hav~ op~in l~ox-
30 like aor~xuctions ~dapt~d ~or re~iving a major portlon ofth~ clamps 3~ th~r~in. The ba3e~ 44 of the caviti~ 4~, 43
hav~ op~ning. 45, dimen~ion~ ~o pa~s the ln~ula~ed wire
portion o~ the c~ihle~ 34, 35 but bloc;k movement ~f ~h~
ol~mp~ 3 ~ into ~hq interior o~ ~hamber 3 0 .
For the ~mb~diment lllu~t;rak~d in FIG. 1, th~ chamber
30 i~ ~ormed in~yrally withi~ ~h~ ~ame containe.r 1~ aB the
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chamber 31 wh~ch con~aln~ ~h~ aQnvenklonal ~at~e~y
~o~nponent~. ~he olamp~ 3~ Will normally b~ loc~lted in
conv~niently aac~sible ~tvrage pv~ition~ ~a~ ~hown by ~he
righ~ olamp 3~ FIG. 1), withLn the op~n c~vitl~ 42, 43
5 ~rmed in the cuver 15 . When lt i~ d23ire~ to ~ump the
batter~f 10, the ~able~ 34, 3~ are dr~wn e:ut oî the ~vitiss
42, 43 ~to a p~ition ~u~h as sho~Yn by th~3 le~t ~lamp 36 in
FI G . 1 ) Bn~ attached in known manner to the corr~spondlng
po~t~ oIe a remo~e battery or similax ~mpinS~ ~our~e. 0
10 ~:ourae, nox~al sa~ety pr~cedure~ t~3uch a~3 a~taahment o~ the
clamp 3 6 o~ the rleyati~re ~bl6~ 3 5 to a ~rame rathex ~han
dir~otly tt:) ~he remo~e negatlve ~rminal po~t~ mu~t be
ob~erv6~. When ~he jumping procedure i~ completed, the
clamp~ 3~ a~ retri~ved and the meoh~nisms 40 are op~rated
15 to ~etract th~ in~ulated wire portion~ o~ kh~ cable~ 34, 35
about the r~pe~tive ~pring-loaded ~pool~ moUntQd for
rot~lon within ~h~ chamk)e~ ~ o . The mecha~lsms 4 0 axe
advantas~eou~ly of a ~prlng-action, rAtch0tad-type which
permi the cable~ l;o b~ withdrawn and held at an~ one o~ a
20 plura~lty o~ seleot~d uncoile~ 1~3ngths. Xn ~he illu~trated
~mbodiment 10, each o~bl~ 34, 35 ha~ it~ own as6;0~1atsd
retraq~lng meahAn~m 40.
Th~ described batt6lry 10 provides ~curity and
collVenienoe i~or the mc)~or$~t, by enablirlg conv~nlent
25 location o~ ~h~ ~umpe~ cabl~ 34, -~5 a~ all timea, with one
end o~ ~aah o~ble 34, 35 alr~ady situated in att~hm~nt
witl~ t:h~ as~oai~t~d batt~ry p~t~ 11, 12.
FI~S. 2 and 3 ill~trat~ dl~d ~orm 110 OI ~
jump~r rsady bat~ry in accord~na~ with the in~ntion. ~he
30 embodim~nt 110 i~ oon~t~uc~ed u ing a aonv~ntional baktery
10 ' to which ~n ~uttin~ ,rat~ ahambex 30 ' has ~een
~clded l~y a~ta~hm~nt ~ an eluxiliary oont~inar 11~ h~
contalnRr 116 1~ dimen~loned ~o match ~n~ C~A~ lg 0~ the
oonv~ntlon~l bal;tery 10' ~nd 1~ ~uit~bl~ ~cured theret~ by
35 ma~in~ V~lcro ~traps 11~, 113~ ~oin~ ~o oppo~ite ~ide~
ca~ing 116 ~nd wrappe~ ou~ the ~lng 16' o~ hattery 10'.
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In variation o~ the ~truatu~ oP the emb~im0nt 10,
~he embodim~nt llO utill~e~ a sin~l~ retrac~ting mechAni~m
40' ~or ~e~racting th~ cables 34, ~S~ Tha inner length9 o~
those ~able~ ar~ ~olned to~ether and wrapp~d abou~ A Bingl9
5 spool 4 1 ', con~igure~d in aacordano~ with ~nown principles ,
t~ provide electrical a,t~achment o~ the lnn~r end6 of
cable~ 34, 35 to ~he respe~tive po~iti~re and negative
t~minal PO~ 11, 12. For the illu~trated ~txuc~ur~,
lead~ 37' conn~ xternally t o tha po~ts ll, ~2, ther~3by
10 requiring no ~eparate ~eal~ 38 aP in ~
A~cordirlg to another ad~an~ag~aous geatu~e o~ the
inven~ion, a ~la~hllght 120 i~ provld~d in con~unc~lon with
~h~ cables 34, 3~. The fla~3hli~ht 120 in~:lud{~ a hand~
oper~ble switch 121 and a bulb 122, el~ctrically aonnçc~d
15 as ~hown in FI~. 3. The swit~h 1~1 ha~ thre~ po~ ion~ A,
E~, C, ~5 in~ioat~3d. Position A op~rates flashlight 120 6~)
tha~ bulb 122 i~ illuminated c:~nventionally by a dry cell
battery ~ource 123 in~alled within tha lnt~rior o~ the
~lashllgh~ housin~ 125. Posit~on B 1~ ~h~ ~lashlight llo~
po~ition, wher~by the bulb 1~2 i~ open-~ircuited. And,
po8itl~n C conne~t~ the bulb 122 b~twe~n ~h~ cable~ 3~, 35.
Wi~h th~ ~witah 121 in po~i~lo~ ~, the con~en~ional
automobil~ battsry termln~1~ 11, 12, t~ which ~h~ auxiliary
~u~per hou~lng ~a~ing ~6 1~ att~ched, will operat~ the
~la~hllgh~ 120, Buoh ~onnection providR~ ~igni~icant
a~v~n~age~ s~, with a "livel7 bat~ery lo~, good
conne~tio~ be~ n cable~ 37~ and post~ 11, 1~ oan be
a~nfi~m~d. With ~witoh 121 in posikion C, bul~ ~2~ will
light only i~ g~od connec~ion exl~ts~ S~aond, with a
"d~ad" batte~y 10', ~ood conne~ion b~tween ~lamp~ 36 and
the texmln~l~ (i.e., ~exminal and ~ut~mobil~ frame) o~ a
xemote ~umping ba~tery can be con~lrmad~ With ~wit~h 12~
in po~ition ~, bulb 1~2 will light only i~ good ~onn~ction
~xlsts. It 1~ very ~ru~trating in ~u~pin~ a l'dead'~
~5 batte~y, ~hen thera 1~ no w~y to cheaX whe~e~ th~ clamps
~re makin~ adequa~.~ contact. Use. o~ a vi~ual indlaa~r,
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c~nh ~ thA:~ hulb 1?~2 o~ hllght: ~ ao ~n~ot:od q~i aho~rr
ln FIG. 3, pr~vide the ne~de~ as~urana~.
A modi~led c~vity 42~, larger ~ha~ cavitie~ 42, 43, i~
~o~med in the cover 115 o~ th~ ~ontainer 1~6 to r~csiv~
5 both ~h~ ~la~llght 120 and clamps 3~ in retrlev~bl~
~tvrage po~l~ion. An op~n~ng 45~ ln the 'ba~e wall 44 r of
cavity 42' permi~ the in~ulated wi~e ]portions o~ th~
cable~ 34, 35 and the narrow rear or ~la~hlight 1~0 ~o pass
into ~h~ interiox o~ cavi~y 3~, but doe~ no~ pa~s the
o enlarg~d bulb end ~ the fla~hlight l~o. Th~ ~lashl~ght
lZo can be ~ecur~d to onR or both o~ th~ in3ulated wir~
portions oP th~ ~bl~ 34, 3S, a~ shown, or may b~ mounted
on it~ own sepa~te insul~t~d wir~. Mountlng ~-h~ light 120
in this mannRr, provid~s a convenien~ r~traatable w~rk
light, op~rab~ o~ the automoblls battery, for ch2cking
~he engine. Ths nega~l~a cl~mp 3~ aan be atta~hed to ~h~
automobila ~rame ~tructure to hang the lamp.
Those ~kill~d ~n ~h~ art to whlah th~ in~entlon
relate~ will appre~iaka that o~h~r ~ titutlo~ and
m~ificat~on~ c~n be mad~ ~o th~ de ~lbQd ~mbodimen~
wlthout ~eparting from the ~pl~it ~nd ~ope o~ th~
invention a3 de~rlbed by the ~lai~ b~low.
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