Lead anode for electroplating

Claim 1

A LEAD ANODE ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTROPLATING COMPRISING, A CONNECTOR HOOK HAVING AN UPPER V-SHAPED FORMATION FOR ENGAGING ON ANODE ROD AND EFFCTING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION, SAID HOOK HAVING A THREADED BOLT EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM ITS LOWER END IN A DIRECTION SIMILAR TO THE DIRECTION OF THE ANODE ROD, A LEAD ELECTRODE MOUNTED ON SAID BOLT AND DEPENDING THEREFROM, AND A THREADED MEMBER ON THE THREADED END OF SAID BOLT CLAMPING THE ELECTRODE BETWEEN SAID THREADED MEMBER AND A SHOULDER AT THE OTHER END OF SAID BOLT, THE SAID ELECTRODE COMPRISING A BAR OF LEAD ALLOY MATERIAL HAVING AN APERTURE IN ITS UPPER END, AND HAVING THE REST OF ITS BODY FORMED WITH A MULTIPLICITY OF FOLDCS EXTENDING BACK AND FORTH FORMING AN ELONGATED CORRUGATED ELECTRODE, THE SAID CORRUGATIONS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED IN FORM WITH ROUNDED APICES, AND THE CORRUGATIONS BEING DEFORMED AT THE END ABOUT SAID APERTURE FOR SAID BOLT UNTIL THE CORRUGATIONS ARE BROUGHT INTO FIRM ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER.