Cell for carrying out electrochemical reactions

Claim 1

A CELL FOR MAKING ORGANO METALLIC COMPOUNDS BY ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION COMPRISING A CONTAINER ADAPTED TO HOLD A BODY OF LIQUID, A BODY OF PARTICULATE METALLIC SOLIDS IN SAID CONTAINER CONSTITUTING A REACTANT FOR CARRYING OUT SAID ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION, SAID CONTAINER HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING INNER SURFACE GENERALLY CORRESPONDING IN SHAPE TO THE BOUNDARY SURFACE OF SAID BODY OF PARTICULATE SOLIDS, A LIQUID PERMEABLE ELECTRICALLY NON-CONDUCTING PARTITION, IN CONTACT WITH SAID FIRST MENTIONED SURFACE AND WITH THE OUTER BOUNDARIES OF SAID BODY OF PARTICULATE SOLIDS, SAID PARTITION BENG A FORAMINOUS MATERIAL HAVING OPENINGS THEREIN WHICH ARE SUFFICIENTLY LARGE TO BE PERMEABLE TO SAID LIQUID BUT WHICH ARE SUFFICIENTLY SMALL TO PREVENT SAID PARTICULATE SOLIDS FROM CONTACTING SAID FIRST MENTIONED SURFACE, SAID SURFACE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CO-EXTENSIVE WITH ONE SIDE OF SAID PARTITION, MEANS TO CAUSE SAID LIQUID TO FLOW THROUGH SAID BODY OF PARTICULATE SOLIDS AND THROUGH SAID PARTITION ALONG THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SAID PARTITION AND SAID FIRST MENTIONED SURFACE, AND MEANS FOR MAINTAINING DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL POTENTIALS ON SAID PARTICULATE SOLIDS AND SAID SURFACE.