Hi Bill, an interesting approach to say the least.
I believe the patent you are referring to can be found here.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=-wJXAAAAEBAJ&zoom=4&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=true
My interpretation of this is is pretty simple. Connect both terminals together and dump a standard charge into both for 10 to 30 hours, using the case (if it is metal like Edison cells are) as the anode (aka opposite polarity terminal).
This produces hydrogen bubbling and heats the batteries and solution significantly (the patent states to just below the boiling point, whatever that may be). Apparently the heat and hydrogen bubble action forces the various impurities out of the nickle oxide plates (the presence of which impurities has caused the decrease in capacity) and also out of the iron oxide plates so that those impurities are not subsequenty passed to the positive nickel oxide plates.
Then replace the electrolyte with a fresh batch and give it a forming/boost charge.
I am curious to hear if anyone here has actually tried this approach.
Thanks for drawing my attention to this patent Bill. Thoughts?
ME Man,
My thought is this is not that awfully Long of a Patent for being as 'Heavy Duty' as it is.
Who has the 'Good' Adobe Reader Software that can copy and paste the badboy so we
could pick at it a tad?
Why is it well over a Century of jive talk and other talk about this subject has not produced
this information for the average 'Ni-Fe Joe' ?
I asks.
Are Hank and Stephen at Zapp Works genius's because they knew how to read and dissect
a few Edison Patents?
3 to be exact.
Thanks to that Company for a Lot of education incidentally.
Do you HAVE to own a few run down old Ni-Fe Cells to understand what da man
(His Excellency, Thomas A.)
is saying to us?
On Earth as it is in Heaven. :-)
These are a few thoughts - but remember I didn't buy a few Edison cells so I may not be
qualified to point any game changing things out -
according to 'the experts' like russ.
Even sitting on many dozens of detailed emails from many Top experts over a period of time
may not be worthy. You hear what gets said.
Better that you and others carry the ball for a while.
The seeds were planted in the cryptic but fun past.
I'll just meekly chip in occasionally now, Bruce and others permitting.
A lot of ground was still left to cover.
It's your thread ... hit it !
Bill Blake