Title: Storage compartment

Abstract: A battery storage compartment for selectively storing cylindrical batteries, such as dry cell batteries, or another battery of the type having a non-cylindrical end and a length different from that of said cylindrical batteries, such as a rechargeable battery. The battery storage compartment comprises a compartment member, spring means secured to one end wall of the compartment member, electrically conductive means located at the opposite end wall of the compartment and an abutment member attached to the compartment member at a location intermediate the opposite end walls and projecting from the bottom of the compartment member. The abutment member has cutout portions to accommodate the cylindrical dry cell batteries and spaced ribs which project toward the opposite end wall of the compartment member. When a rechargeable battery is placed in the storage compartment it is situated between the abutment member and the spring means.

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Inventors: Naitoh, Yasuo (Kamakura, JP)

Application Number: 962189
Filing Date: 1978-11-20
Publication_date: 1980-05-27
Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP)
Primary Class(es): 429/99 429/176
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US Patent Ref:

954119	Apr, 1910	Mason	429/99.
3979228	Sep, 1976	Marchetti	429/99.
4125681	Nov, 1978	Sjogren	429/99.

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Primary Examiner: LeFevour, Charles F.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Spencer & Kaye