Apparatus for electroplating studies

Claim 1

IN A N ELECTROPLATING APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED AS A HULL CELL A FLAT BASE AND SIDE WALLS VERTICALLY AFFIXED TO THE BASE TO FORM A CELL FOR CONTAINING AN ELECTROLYTE, THE BASE AND SIDE WALLS BEING MADE OF A RESIN, AT LEAST THE SIDE WALLS BEING TRANSPARENT, MEANS IN THE WALLS AND BASE FOR HOLDING A RECTANGULAR FLATE PLATE ANODE MEMBER AND A RECTANGULAR FLAT PLATE CATHODE MEMBER VERTICALLY IN THE CELL, THE BOTTOM EDGES OF THE ANODE MEMBER AND CATHODE MEMBER BERNG DISPOSABLE SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE FLAT BASE, THE ONE VERTICAL EDGE OF THE CATHODE MEMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY NEARER TO ONE VERTICALLY EDGE OF THE ANODE MEMBER THAN THE DISTANCE FROM THE OTHER VERTICAL EDGE OF THE CATHODE MEMBER TO THE OTHER VERTICAL EDGE OF THE ANODE MEMBER, AN OPEN DEPRESSION IN THE FLAT FACE OF THE BASE AND A HEATING ELEMENT DISPOSED COMPLETELY WITHIN THE DEPRESSION, THE ELECTROLYTE HAVING FREE ACCESS TO THE DEPRESSION WHEREBY ON BEING HEATED BY THE HEATING ELEMENT THE ELECTROLYTE CIRCULATES THROUGHOUT THE CELL VOLUME BY CONVECTION CURRENT FLOW.