1. A three-pole two-layer photo-rechargeable battery comprising a laminated two-layered structure that includes a solar battery cell, a storage cell, and a common electrode therebetween, wherein
the solar battery cell has a structure wherein a photo-electrode, which has a photo-sensitized dye and a semiconductor layer on a conductive substrate with optical transparency, counters via a first electrolytic solution the common electrode that has a catalyst layer on a conductive substrate, and
the storage cell has a structure wherein the common electrode, which has a first conductive polymer layer on a conductive substrate on a side opposite the catalyst layer, counters via a second electrolytic solution a storage cell counter electrode that has a second conductive polymer layer on a conductive substrate.
2. The three-pole two-layer photo-rechargeable battery according to claim 1, wherein the first conductive polymer layer is formed as a layer by coating a conductive polymer to form a film.
3. The three-pole two-layer photo-rechargeable battery according to claim 2, wherein a method for coating the conductive polymer includes a spin coating method, a dip coating method, a bar coating method, a die casting method, and a doctor blade method.
4. The three-pole two-layer photo-rechargeable battery according to claim 1, wherein the first conductive polymer layer includes polyaniline.
5. The three-pole two-layer photo-rechargeable battery according to claim 2, wherein the first conductive polymer layer is formed as a layer by coating a solution or a dispersion liquid that includes polyaniline, to form a film.
6. The three-pole two-layer photo-rechargeable battery according to claim 5, wherein the solution or the dispersion liquid that includes polyaniline is a polyaniline dispersion liquid.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A fuel canister and appliance coupling assembly, comprising:
a canister;
a first connector on the canister, said first connector comprising screw threads and a groove;
an appliance having an opening;
a second connector on the appliance, said second connector comprising a slip ring, said slip ring being biased to engage the groove, said first connector being axially insertable into the opening without rotating the screw threads relative to the opening such that the engagement of the slip ring with the groove retains the canister on the appliance with the screw threads being located in the opening.
2. The coupling of claim 1 wherein the second connector includes a second groove formed on an internal wall of the appliance.
3. The coupling of claim 2 wherein the slip ring is seated in the second groove.
4. The coupling of claim 3 wherein the slip ring is dimensioned such that when it is seated in the second groove it extends out of the second groove toward the interior of a second opening.
5. The coupling of claim 1 wherein the second groove is located on the appliance such that it is positioned opposite said groove when the appliance is properly seated on the canister.
6. The coupling of claim 1 wherein the slip ring is made of a resilient material.
7. The coupling of claim 1 wherein a first end of the slip ring is supported by an actuator button that is exposed on the exterior of the appliance.
8. The coupling of claim 7 wherein a second end of the slip ring is supported by the appliance.
9. The coupling of claim 7 wherein the actuator button is moved to increase the effective diameter of the slip ring.
10. A method of attaching a fuel canister to a torch comprising:
providing a first connector on the canister, said first connector comprising screw threads;
providing a second connector on the torch, said second connector comprising an opening and a slip ring;
disposing the opening over the first connector;
moving the first connector axially without rotating the first connector and second connector relative to one another such that the first connector enters the opening;
increasing the diameter of the slip ring;
allowing the slip ring to contract back to a smaller diameter to lock the first connector to the second connector.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein an edge of the first connector contacts the slip ring to increase the diameter of the slip ring.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein said edge is beveled.
13. The method of claim 10 further including manually expanding the slip ring.
14. The method of claim 10 inserting the first connector into the opening until a groove on the first connector is aligned with the slip ring.
15. The method of claim 14 allowing the slip ring to contract causing it to snap into engagement with the groove.