Electrolytic apparatus for production of magnesium

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IN AN ELECTROLTIC APPARATUS FOR ELECTROLYZING A MOLTEN MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE-CONTAINING ELECTROLYTE TO PRODUCE MOLTEN MAGNESIUM AND CHLORINE GAS, THE COMBINATION OF A CELL CHAMBER HAVING VERTICAL PARALLEL SIDE WALLS AND VERTICAL PARALLEL FRONT AND BACK WALLS; A TERMINAL ANODE PLATE AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE BACK WALL AND A TERMINAL CATHODE PLATE AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT WALL; BIPOLAR ELECTRODES DISPOSED IN ALIGNMENT AND PARALLE TO EACH OTHER AT EVENLY SPACED INTERVALS BETWEEN ADN PARALLEL TO THE SAID TERMINAL ANODE AND CATHODE PLATES A SPACER UNDER EACH BIPOLAR ELECTRODE SPACING IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CELL CHAMBER; A SPACER BETWEEN EACH SIDE OF EACH BIPOLAR ELECTRODE AND THE ADJACENT SIDES OF THE CHAMBER, THE SAID SIDE AND BOTTOM SPACERS FORMING WITH THE BIPOLAR ELECTRODES PARTITIONS DIVIDING THE CELL CHAMBER INTO A PLURALITY OF ELECTROLYSIS CELLS; AN ELECTROLYTE SUPPLY CHAMBER; A TROUGH IN THE TOP OF EACH SIDE WALL, EACH OF SAID TROUGHS BEING CLOSED AT ONE END AND OPEN AT THE OTHER, THE OPEN END EXTENDING TO THE OUTER FACE OF THE FRONT WALL AND DISCHARGING INTO THE ELECTROLYTE SUPPLY CHAMBER, AND EACH OF SAID TROUGHS BEING PARALLEL TO THE SIDES OF THE CELL CHAMBER; PASSAGES IN THE UPPER PORTION OF EACH SIDE WALL BETWEEN THE CELL CHAMBER AND EACH TROUGH CONNECTING THE SIDES OF EACH ELECTROLYSIS CELL WITH THE ADJACENT TROUGH; A COVER OVER THE CELL CHAMBER AND TROUGHS, SAID COVER HAVING AN OPENING OVER THE MIDDLE OF EACH ELECTROLYSIS CELL; AND PUMPING MEANS FOR CONVEYING ELECTROLYTE FROM THE SUPPLY CHAMBER TO EACH ELECTROLYSIS CELL THROUGH SAID OPENINGS.