Electrolyzing device

Claim 1

AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL FOR PRODUCING METALLIC TITANIUM BY ELECTROLYSIS OF A TITANIUM CHLORIDE CONTAINED IN A FUSED HALIDE SALT BATH, THE CELL COMPRISING ENCLOSING WALLS ADAPTED TO HOLD A BODY OF THE FUSED BATH, THERE BEING SUSPENDED IN THE FUSED SALT AN ELECTROLYZING DEVICE CAPABLE OF BEING USED AS A DIAPHRAGM AND AS A COMBINED DIAPHRAGM AND DEPOSITION CATHODE AND COMPRISING AN OPENTOPPED VESSEL COMPOSED ESSENTIALLY OF IMPERVIOUS SECTIONS AND AT LEAST ONE PERVIOUS SCREEN-LIKE SECTION, ALL OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, EACH PERVIOUS SECTION OF THE VESSEL BEING BORDERED BY IMPERVIOUS SECTIONS THEREOF SO THAT FLUID COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PORTIONS OF THE FUSED SALT BATH SEPARATED SOLELY BY THE WALLS OF THE VESSEL IS POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH A PERVIOUS SECTION THEREOF, AN ELECTRONEGATIVE CONNECTION TO SAID DEVICE, AN ANODE SUPPORTED IN THE FUSED SALT BATH WITHIN THE INTERIOR OF SAID DEVICE, BARRIER MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SEPARATION OF THE PORTIONS OF THE CELL ATMOSPHERE ABOVE THE BATH ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID ELECTROLYZING DEVICE, DISCHARGE MEANS FOR DISCHARGING FROM THE PORTION OF THE CELL ATMOSPHERE ABOVE AND IN CONTACT WITH THE ANODE THE CHLORINE GAS EVOLVED AT THE SURFACE OF THE ANODE IN CONTACT WITH THE BATH, AND DELIVERY MEANS FOR SUPPLYING TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE TO THE OTHER PORTION OF THE CELL ATMOSPHERE.