Rotating electrolytic cell assembly

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING ELECTROLYTIC DECOMPOSITION WHICH COMPRISES A CELL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE CELL UNIT COMPOSED OF ELEMENTS WHICH INCLUDE PLATE MEMBERS, WHICH FORM THE OPPOSITE EXTREMITIES THEREOF; TWO ELECTRODES, AN ANODE AND A CATHODE POSITIONED BETWEEN AND SUPPORTED BY SAID PLATE MEMBERS IN EACH OF SAID CELL UNITS; SAID ELECTRODES BEING DISPOSED WITHIN THE CHAMBERS FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF SPACER FRAMES, AND EACH OF SAID SPACER FRAMES HAVING A RIGID PRIMETER, SAID SPACER FRAMES BEING POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID PLATE MEMBERWS AND IN CONTIGUOUS RELATION WITH THE BORDERS OF THE PLANAR SURFACES THEREOF; A DIAPHRAGM POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID ANODE AND SAID CATHODE, AND BETWEEN SAID SPACER FRAMES; A PLURALITY OF TIE RODS DEFINING A PASSAGE ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CELL ASSEMBLY TRANSVERSE THERETO AND THROUGH THE TERMINAL PLATE MEMBERS POSED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE ASSEMBLY OF CELL UNITS; SUITABLE MEANS POSITIONED ON EACH OF SAID TIE RODS AND ADAPTED TO EXERT A COMAPRESSIVE FORCE ON SAID PLATE MEMBERS AND ANY CELL UNITS POSITIONED THEREBETWEEN; SAID CELL ASSEMBLY BEING ADAPTED TO ROTATE ABOUT AN AXIS CENTRAL AND TRANSVERSE THERETO; DUAL CHANMNELS DEFINING A PASSAGE THROUGH SAID CELL ASSEMBLY PARALLEL TO AND ADJACENT SAID CENTRAL AXIS; EACH OF SAID CHANNELS DEFINING A SINGLE TERMINAL ORIFICE AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CELL ASSEMBLY; APERTURES CONNECTING THE ANODE CHAMBER OF SAID CELL ASSEMBLY WITH ONE OF SAID CHANNELS; AND AN APERTURE CONNECTING THE CATHODE CHAMBER OF SAID CELL ASSEMBLY WITH THE OTHER OF SAID CHANNELS; TERMINAL CHAMBERS POSITIONED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CELL ASSEMBLY WITH WHICH THE AFORESAID TERMINAL ORIFICES OF SAID CHANNELS COMMUNICATE; BAFFLES POSITIONED IN SAID TERMINAL CHAMBERS EXTERIOR TO THE TERMINAL ORIFICE OF EACH SAID CHANNELS AND ADAPTED TO FORCE EFFLUENT GASES EMITTED FROM SAID CHANNELS TO THE PERIPHERY OF SAID TERMINAL CHAMBERS; MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SAID EFFLUENT GASES FROM SAID TERMINAL CHAMBERS; AND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND ROTATING SAID CELL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SAID TERMINAL CHAMBERS ABOUT THE AFORESAID CENTRAL AXIS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING ELECTROLYTIC DECOMPOSITION WHICH COMPRISES A CELL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE CELL UNIT COMPOSED OF ELEMENTS WHICH INCLUDE PLATE MEMBERS, WHICH FORM THE OPPOSITE EXTREMITIES THEREOF; TWO ELECTRODES, AN ANODE AND A CATHODE POSITIONED BETWEEN AND SUPPORTED BY SAID PLATE MEMBERS IN EACH OF SAID CELL UNITS; SAID ELECTRODES BEING DISPOSED WITHIN THE CHAMBERS FORMED BY A PLURALITY OF SPACER FRAMES, AND EACH OF SAID SPACER FRAMES HAVING A RIGID PRIMETER, SAID SPACER FRAMES BEING POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID PLATE MEMBERWS AND IN CONTIGUOUS RELATION WITH THE BORDERS OF THE PLANAR SURFACES THEREOF; A DIAPHRAGM POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID ANODE AND SAID CATHODE, AND BETWEEN SAID SPACER FRAMES; A PLURALITY OF TIE RODS DEFINING A PASSAGE ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID CELL ASSEMBLY TRANSVERSE THERETO AND THROUGH THE TERMINAL PLATE MEMBERS POSED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE ASSEMBLY OF CELL UNITS; SUITABLE MEANS POSITIONED ON EACH OF SAID TIE RODS AND ADAPTED TO EXERT A COMAPRESSIVE FORCE ON SAID PLATE MEMBERS AND ANY CELL UNITS POSITIONED THEREBETWEEN; SAID CELL ASSEMBLY BEING ADAPTED TO ROTATE ABOUT AN AXIS CENTRAL AND TRANSVERSE THERETO; DUAL CHANMNELS DEFINING A PASSAGE THROUGH SAID CELL ASSEMBLY PARALLEL TO AND ADJACENT SAID CENTRAL AXIS; EACH OF SAID CHANNELS DEFINING A SINGLE TERMINAL ORIFICE AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID CELL ASSEMBLY; APERTURES CONNECTING THE ANODE CHAMBER OF SAID CELL ASSEMBLY WITH ONE OF SAID CHANNELS; AND AN APERTURE CONNECTING THE CATHODE CHAMBER OF SAID CELL ASSEMBLY WITH THE OTHER OF SAID CHANNELS; TERMINAL CHAMBERS POSITIONED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CELL ASSEMBLY WITH WHICH THE AFORESAID TERMINAL ORIFICES OF SAID CHANNELS COMMUNICATE; BAFFLES POSITIONED IN SAID TERMINAL CHAMBERS EXTERIOR TO THE TERMINAL ORIFICE OF EACH SAID CHANNELS AND ADAPTED TO FORCE EFFLUENT GASES EMITTED FROM SAID CHANNELS TO THE PERIPHERY OF SAID TERMINAL CHAMBERS; MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SAID EFFLUENT GASES FROM SAID TERMINAL CHAMBERS; AND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND ROTATING SAID CELL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SAID TERMINAL CHAMBERS ABOUT THE AFORESAID CENTRAL AXIS.