Fused salt electrolytic cells

Claim 1

IN A CELL FOR THE ELECTROYTIC PRODUCTION OF A METAL HAVING A DENSITY BELOW THE DENSITY OF THE FUSED ELECTROLYTE AND REQUIRING A DIAPHRAGM TO SEPARATE THE ANODE AND CATHODE ZONES THE COMBINATION COMPRISING FOUR ELEMENTS EACH SUPPORTED ON SUPORT EXTERNAL TO THE CELL BODY, THE FIRST ELEMENT COMPRISING THE CELL SHELL, THE SECOND ELEMENT COMPRISING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED ANODE WITH BOTTOM ENTRANCE INTO THE CELL,THE THIRD ELEMENT COMPRISING A CATHODE SURROUNDING THE ANODE SAID CATHODE HAVING OPPOSED ARMS, SAID ARMS PASSING THROUGH THE CELL WALL AND BEING SUPPORTED ON WEIGHT BEARING MEANS OUTSIDE SAID CELL WALL AND THE FOURTH ELEMENT COMPRISING COLLECTING MEANS FOR THE METAL AND NON-METAL PRODUCTS OF THE ELECTROLYTIC CELL, A DISAPHRAGM SUSPENDED FROM SAID COLLECTING MEANS, SAID DIAPHRAGM BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN THE ANODE AND THE CATHODE, SAID FOURTH ELEMENT BEING REMOVABLE AS A WHOLE FROM SAID CELL.