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APPARATUS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESSING

  • US 3,859,195 A
  • Filed: 10/17/1973
  • Issued: 01/07/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. AN ELEECTROLYTIC CELL COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO INTERFUNCTIONING ELECTRODES DISPOSED AT A COMMON TRANSVERSE LEVEL WITHIN A VERTICALLY ORIENTED LEAK-TIGHT HOUSING PROVIDED, AT THE LOWER END, WITH AN INLET PORT FOR ELECTROLYTE INTRODUCTION, AND AT THE UPPER END WITH AN OUTLET PORT FOR DISHARGE OF SAID ELECTROLYTE, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID ELECTRODES BEING OF UNIFORMLY RETICULATED OPEN CONSTRUCTION SO AS TO OPPOSE LOW RESISTANCE TO ELECTROLYTE FLOW THERETHROUGH AND HAVING AN EXTENDED SURFACE AREA OVER WHICH A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM REACTION-PRODUCING ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL IS MAINTAINED WITH RESPECT TO SURROUNDING ELECTROLYTE THROUGHOUT THE PORTION OF SAID AREA IN CONFRONTATION WITH THE ELETROLYZING AREA OF THE REMAINING ELECTRODE, AND SAID REMAINING ELECTRODE BEING DISPOSED WITHIN AN ELECTRICALLY INSULATOR SEPARATOR ENVELOPE CLOSED ON ALL SIDES EXCEPT AT THE EDGE ADJACENT TO SAID OUTLET PORT FABRICATED FROM AN ELECTROLYTEINERT MATERIAL WHICH IS RELATIVELY LIQUID-TIGHT IN CONSTRUCTION SO AS TO BAR THE READY PASSAGE OF SAID ELECTROLYTE THERETHROUGH

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