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1. A battery cover for a battery having an open top jar for containing a dielectric fluid, said battery cover comprising:
a lid having an undersurface and attached to the open top of the jar; a lid addition attached to the undersurface of said lid, said lid addition having a bottom wall with at least one battery terminal first aperture formed therein, an upstanding outer wall circumferentially surrounding the bottom wall, and an upstanding inner wall spaced inwardly from the upstanding outer wall, wherein the upstanding inner wall surrounds the at least one battery terminal first aperture, and wherein the undersurface of said lid, the bottom wall, the upstanding outer wall, and the upstanding inner wall define a zone for the passage of transient gases from an interior of the jar therethrough, and wherein the bottom wall includes at least one second aperture communicating with the interior of the jar; and channel forming members formed from a plurality of juxtaposed outwardly extending portions that increase the overall surface area of the channel forming members over that of a planar surface, the channel forming members disposed between the upstanding outer wall and the upstanding inner wall of said lid addition forming a plurality of channels in the zone to direct the transient gases, wherein a portion of the channel forming members extend from the inner wall and another portion of the channel forming members extend from the outer wall, wherein said channel forming members collect the dielectric fluid from the transient gases and cause the collected dielectric fluid to return to the jar through the at least one second aperture in the bottom wall, and wherein each of the channels is in fluid communication with at least one adjacent channel to form a single, continuous, closed, serpentine flow loop between the upstanding outer wall and the upstanding inner wall, wherein an end of the loop is contiguous with a beginning of the loop. |
