Electrolytic production of titanium plate

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A TITANIUM PLATE ON A METALLIC BASE WHICH COMPRISES: PROVIDING AN ELECTROLYTE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AT LEAST 50% BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE SALT FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM FLUOTITANATE AND POTASSIUM FLUOTITANATE AND 0% TO 50% BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE SALT FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SODIUM FLUORIDE, LITHIUM FLUORIDE, AND POTASSIUM FLUORIDE; HEATING SAID SALTS IN A NON-CONSUMABLE VESSEL OF AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL TO DRY AND OUT-GAS SAID ELECTROLYTE, AND MAINTAINING SAID ELECTROLYTE AS A MELT AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 1080*F. AND 1800*F.; IMMERSING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID METALLIC BASE IN SAID ELECTROLYTE; SHEILDING SAID ELECTROLYTE AND SAID METALLIC BASE FROM EXPOSURE TO THE ATMOSPHERE; AND PASSING AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT BETWEEN SAID VESSEL AND SAID METALLIC BASE THROUGH SAID ELECTROLYTE WITH SAID VESSEL SERVING AS A NON-CONSUMABLE ANODE AND SAID METALLIC BASE AS A CATHODE, AND MAINTAINING A CATHODE CURRENT DENSITY OF 0.1 TO 5.0 AMPERES PER SQUARE INCH OF IMMERSED CATHODE SURFACE WITH AN IMPRESSED VOLTAGE POTENTIAL IN EXCESS OF THE BREAKDOWN POTENTIAL OF THE ELECTROLYTE FOR A SUFFICIENT TIME TO DECOMPOSE SAID ELECTROLYTE AND FREE TITANIUM METAL THEREFROM AND CAUSE SAID FREED TITANIUM METAL TO FORM A PLATE COATING ON THE IMMERSED SURFACE OF SAID METALLIC BASE.