Grounding means for an electric emulsion treater

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRIC EMULSON TREATER THE COMBINATION OF: A METALTANK HAVING A FLOAT ZONE IN THE UPPER INTERIOR THEREOF; A PAIR OF SPACED ELECTRODES IN SAID TANK DEFINING A TREATING SPACE THEREBETWEEN, ONE OF SAID ELECTRODES BEING A HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRODE, THERE BEING MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY INSULATING SAID HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRODE FROM SAID TANK; INGRESS AND EGRESS MEANS FOR RESPCECTIVELY SUPPLYING EMULSION TO AND REMOVING EMULSION CONSTITUENTS FROM SAID TANK; A HIGH-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT HAVING A GROUNDED TERMINAL CONNECTED TO SAID METAL TANK AND A HIGH-VOLTAGE TERMINAL CONNECTED TO SAID HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRODE; A FLOAT IN HIGH-VOLTAGES CIRCUIT PROVIDING A CONTACT PORTION ELECTRICAL LY COMMON WITH SAID HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRODE; A FLOAT IN SAID FLOAT ZONE MOVABLE IN RESPONSE TO CHANGE IN LIQUID LEVEL THEREIN; A METAL CIRCUIT-GROUNDING MEMBER WITHIN SAID TANK; MOUNTING MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID CIRCUITGROUNDING MEMBER WITHIN SAID TANK TO MOVE INTO AND FROM ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID CONTACT PORTION IN RESPONSE TO A RESPECTIVE LOWERING AND RAISING OF SAID FLOAT. AND MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID CIRCUIT-GROUNDING MEMBER TO SAID TANK.