Electrode handling and storing apparatus

Claim 1

ELECTRODE HANDLING AND STAORING APPARATUS COMPRISUNG; A HOLLOW SHELL HAVING AN APERTURE IN THE BOTTOM THEREOF, A PAIR OF CORRESPONDING Y-SHAPED GUIDE MEMBERS, SPACED APART IN PARALLEL PLANES AND FIXEDLY ATTACHED INTERIORLY TO THE SIDE OF SAID SHELL, A PAIR OF CROSS BARS WITH THEIR ENDS MOVABLY ENGAGING SAID GUIDE MEMBERS AND HAVING ELECTRODE ATTACHING MEANS SUSPENDED THEREFROM, TWO CORRESPONDING PAIRS OF ENDLESS FLEXIBLE INEXTENSIBLE HOISTING AND LOWERING MEANS, EACH FOLLOWING PATH UP THE LEG, OUT AN ARM BACK FROM THE OUTER END OF THE ARM TO THE BOTTOM OF LEG OF SAID Y-SHAPED GUIDE MEMBERS AND BEING GUIDED IN ITS DESCRIBED PATH BY ROTABLE ELEMENTS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOMS OF THE LEGS, AT THE NECK AND AT ENDS OF THE ARMS OF SAID Y-SHAPED MEMBERS, EACH CORRESPONDING PAIR OF SAID FLEXIBLE INEXTENSIBLE HOISTING AND LOWERING MEANS BEING CONNECTED BY ONE OF SAID CROSS BARS, A DEPENDING FLANGE SURROUNDING THE APERTURE IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID SHELL AND FORMING AN OPEN-BOTTOM COMPARTMENT ADAPTED TO BE SEALED TO THE TOP OF AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL, MEANS OPERABLE FROM OUTSIDE SAID COMPARTMENT FOR ACTUATING DETACHABLE MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID ELECTROATTACHING MEANS ONTO AN ELECTRODE, MEANS OPERABLE FROM OUTSIDE SAID SHELL FOR SELECTIVELY ACTUATING EACH CORRESPONDING PAIR OF FLEXIBLE INEXTENSIBLE HOISTING AND LOWERING MEANS WHEREBY AN ELECTRODE LOCKED TO SAID ELECTRODE ATTACHING MEANS WHEREBY AN ELECTRODE LOCKED TO SAID ELECTRODE IN SAID SHELL THROUGH THE APERTURE IN THE BOTTOMM THEREOF, AND A GATE CLOSEABLE TO SELF THE APERTURE IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID SHELL DURING STORAGE OF AN ELECTRODE THEREIN.