Electrolytic chemical generator
First Claim
1. An apparatus for generating at least one chemical by electrolysis comprising:
- an anode plate;
a cathode plate opposing said anode plate;
at least one sealing gasket interposed between said cathode plate so as to form a reaction chamber between said anode plate and said cathode plate;
an anolyte reaction chamber attached to said anode plate essentially directly opposite said sealing gasket, said anolyte reaction chamber being in fluid communication with said anode plate;
a catholyte reaction chamber attached to said cathode plate essentially directly opposite said sealing gasket, said catholyte reaction chamber being in fluid communication with said cathode plate;
at least one tubular member in fluid communication with said anolyte reaction chamber, wherein said tubular member is composed of a transparent material and is attached to said anolyte reaction chamber such that the volume of a first liquid present in said anolyte reaction chamber can be determined by the volume of the first liquid present in said anolyte reaction chamber tubular member; and
at least one tubular member in fluid communication with said catholyte reaction chamber, wherein said tabular member is composed of a transparent material and is attached to said catholyte reaction chamber such that the volume of a second liquid present in said catholyte reaction chamber can be determined by the volume of the second liquid present in said catholyte reaction chamber tubular member.
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Abstract
An apparatus for generating electrolytic products, including chlorine and ozone, that includes an electrolytic cell having a cathode in a cathode chamber, an anode in an anode chamber, an electrode chamber separating element disposed between the cathode and anode and sight tubes for visualizing the amount of catholyte and anolyte in the electrolytic chambers is provided. The cathode and the anode include first sides, that are contained within the electrode chambers and participate in the cell'"'"'s oxidation-reduction reactions, and second sides that project outside of the electrode chambers and which may serve as replacement surfaces for the first sides.
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32 Claims
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1. An apparatus for generating at least one chemical by electrolysis comprising:
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an anode plate;
a cathode plate opposing said anode plate;
at least one sealing gasket interposed between said cathode plate so as to form a reaction chamber between said anode plate and said cathode plate;
an anolyte reaction chamber attached to said anode plate essentially directly opposite said sealing gasket, said anolyte reaction chamber being in fluid communication with said anode plate;
a catholyte reaction chamber attached to said cathode plate essentially directly opposite said sealing gasket, said catholyte reaction chamber being in fluid communication with said cathode plate;
at least one tubular member in fluid communication with said anolyte reaction chamber, wherein said tubular member is composed of a transparent material and is attached to said anolyte reaction chamber such that the volume of a first liquid present in said anolyte reaction chamber can be determined by the volume of the first liquid present in said anolyte reaction chamber tubular member; and
at least one tubular member in fluid communication with said catholyte reaction chamber, wherein said tabular member is composed of a transparent material and is attached to said catholyte reaction chamber such that the volume of a second liquid present in said catholyte reaction chamber can be determined by the volume of the second liquid present in said catholyte reaction chamber tubular member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for generating at least one chemical by electrolysis comprising:
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an anode plate, having a first reactive section which is sized to be not greater than one-half of said anode plate, and having a second reactive section which is sized to be not greater than one-half of said anode plate and which does not include any portion of said first reactive section;
a cathode plate opposing said anode plate, said cathode plate having a first reactive section which is sized to be not greater than one-half of said cathode plate and having a second reactive section which is sized to be not greater than one-half of said cathode plate and which does not include any portion of said first reactive section;
at least one sealing gasket interposed between said first reactive section of said anode plate and said first reactive section of said cathode plate so as to form a reaction chamber between said anode plate and said cathode plate;
an anolyte reaction chamber attached to said anode plate essentially directly opposite said sealing gasket, said anolyte reaction chamber being in fluid communication with said anode plate;
a catholyte reaction chamber attached to said cathode plate essentially directly opposite said sealing gasket, said catholyte reaction chamber being in fluid communication with said cathode plate;
at least one tubular member in fluid communication with said anolyte reaction chamber, wherein said tubular member is composed of a transparent material and is attached to said anolyte reaction chamber such that the volume of a first liquid present in said anolyte reaction chamber can be determined by the volume of the first liquid present in said anolyte reaction chamber tubular member; and
at least one tabular member in fluid communication with said catholyte reaction chamber, wherein said tubular member is composed of a transparent material and is attached to said catholyte reaction chamber such that the volume of a second liquid present in said catholyte reaction chamber can be determined by the volume of the second liquid present in said catholyte reaction chamber tubular member. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus for generating at least one chemical by electrolysis comprising:
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an anode plate, having a first reactive section which is sized to be not greater than one-half of said anode plate, and having a second reactive section which is sized to be not greater than one-half of said anode plate and which does not include any portion of said first reactive section;
a cathode plate opposing said anode plate, said cathode plate having a first reactive section which is sized to be not greater than one-half of said cathode plate and having a second reactive section which is sized to be not greater than one-half of said cathode plate and which does not include any portion of said first reactive section;
an electrode-chamber-separating element interposed between said anode plate and said cathode plate;
an anolyte reaction chamber in fluid communication with said anode plate;
a catholyte reaction chamber in fluid communication with said cathode plate;
at least one anode sealing gasket interposed between said anode plate and said separating element, said anode gasket abutting said first reactive section of said anode plate so as to form a first transfer chamber between said first reactive anode section and said separating element, said transfer chamber accommodating a predetermined volume of anolyte;
at least one anolyte reaction chamber sealing gasket interposed between said anode plate and said anolyte reaction chamber, said anolyte gasket abutting said first reactive section of said anode plate essentially directly opposite said anode gasket;
at least one cathode sealing gasket interposed between said cathode plate and said separating element, and abutting said first reactive section of said cathode plate so as to form a second transfer chamber between said first reactive cathode section and said separating element, said transfer chamber accommodating a predetermined volume of catholyte;
at least one catholyte reaction chamber sealing gasket interposed between said cathode plate and said catholyte reaction chamber, said catholyte gasket abutting said first reactive section of said cathode plate essentially directly opposite said cathode gasket;
at least one tubular member in fluid communication with said anolyte reaction chamber, wherein said tubular member is composed of a transparent material and is attached to said anolyte reaction chamber such that the volume of a first liquid present in said anolyte reaction chamber can be determined by the volume of the first liquid present in said anolyte reaction chamber tabular member, and at least one tubular member in fluid communication with said catholyte reaction chamber, wherein said tubular member is composed of a transparent material and is attached to said catholyte reaction chamber such that the volume of a second liquid present in said catholyte reaction chamber can be determined by the volume of the second liquid present in said catholyte reaction chamber tubular member. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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