In an alkaline dry cell battery separator being a laid mat of non-dissolvable polyvinyl alcohol fibers held together by a matrix of dissolved or partially dissolved dissolvable polyvinyl alcohol fibers, the improvement comprising the mat having up to 85% of cellulosic fibers relatively uniformly distributed in and among the non-dissolvable polyvinyl alcohol fibers and held therein by said matrix.
In an alkaline dry cell battery separator being a laid mat of non-dissolvable polyvinyl alcohol fibers held together by a matrix of dissolved or partially dissolved dissolvable polyvinyl alcohol fibers, the improvement comprising the mat having up to 85% of cellulosic fibers relatively uniformly distributed in and among the non-dissolvable polyvinyl alcohol fibers and held therein by said matrix.
: Gary Bahlkow, Jens Bergen, Norman Crepeau, Joseph Cuetara, Kenneth Fairbanks, Donald Hill, Monie Hobbs, David Kline, Robert Labonte, Dale Madore, Paul Main, Harry McMann, Kevin Pagliccia, Claude Palmer, Philip Parker, Colin Powers, Clinton Ray, James Soule, John Verreault, James White, and Peter