Electrolytic apparatus

Claim 1

AN ELECTROLYTIC APPARATUS FOR ELECTROFORMING OF A METAL PRODUCT, COMPRISING, A TRAY FOR CONTAINING AN ELECTROLYTE, A SUMP FOR CONTAINING EXCESS ELECTROLYTE, CONDUIT MEANS LOCATED BETWEEN SAID SUMP AND TRAY, MEANS FOR PUMPING SAID ELECTROLYTE THROUGH SAID CONDUIT MEANS FOR NOZZLE MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID CONDUIT MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY AND UNIFORMLY INTRODUCING SAID ELECTROLYTE INTO SAID TRAY FROM THE TOP THEREOF, AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT INCLUDING AN ANODE ELEMENT AND A CATHODE CONTACT ELEMENT, A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC POWER FOR SAID CIRCUIT, AND A NON-CONDUCTING BASKET ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTAINING THE METAL TO BE ELECTRODEPOSITED TO FORM SAID METAL PRODUCT, SAID ARRANGEMENT INCLUDING AT LEAST TOP AND BOTTOM SECTIONS, A FIRST PIN MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID SECTIONS TOGETHER, SAID TOP SECTION INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO SPACED SIDEWALLS, SAID BOTTOM SECTION BEING FORMED OF SPACED MEMBERS ARRANGED IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SIDEWALLS OF SAID TOP SECTION, SAID MEMBRS DEFINING A SPACE FOR ACCOMMODATING SAID CATHODE CONTACT ELEMENT AND THE PRODUCT TO BE ELECTROFORMED, SAID TOP SECTION HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED TRUSS MEMBERS FOR INTERCONNECTING SAID SIDEWALLS, A SECOND PIN MEANS POSITIONED ON SAID TOP SECTION, AND SCREENING MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID SECOND PIN MEANS AND RESTING AGAINST SAID PLURALITY OF SPACED TRUSS MEMBERS, SAID ANODE ELEMENT BEING POSITIONED ON TOP OF SAID SCREENING MEANS AND ARRANGED TO SUPPORT THE METAL TO BE ELECTRODEPOSITED, SAID SCREENING MEANS BEING UTILIZED TO SCREEN IMPURITIES FROM THE ELECTROLYTE DURING THE ELECTROFORMING OF SAID METAL PRODUCT.