Continuous analyzer

Claim 1

A CONTINOUS ANALYZING SYSTEM COMPRISING: A MERCURY ELECTRODE-REFERENCE ELECTRODE CELL INCLUDING A POROUS MEMBER SEPARATING THE CELL INTO A REFERENCE ELECTRODE SECTION FILLED WITH AN ELECTROLYTE, AND A DROPPING MERCURY ELECTRODE SECTION HAVING A SAMPLE INLET, A SAMPLE OUTLET, AND A DROPPING MERCURY ELECTRODE MOUNTED SO AS TO DROP DISCRETE DROPLETS OF MERCURY IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE FLOW OF SAMPLE THROUGH THE DROPPING MERCURY ELECTRODE SECTION WHEN A SAMPLE IS FLOWED THERETHROUGH; A DEAERATOR CONNECTED TO THE SAMPLE INLET WHICH HAS A LARGER CROSSSECTION IN ITS UPPER PORTION, AND HAVING AN INLET EXTENDING UPWARDLY INTO ITS LOWER SMALLER CROSS-SECTIONAL PORTION TO A POINT ABOVE THE SAMPLE INLET AND HAVING AN OUTLET IN THE UPPER PORTION; MEANS FOR FEEDING A SAMPLE-ELECTROLYTE MIXED SOLUTION TO SAID DEAERATOR; AND AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT INCLUDING A VOLTAGE SOURCE, SAID MERCURY ELECTRODE-REFERENCE ELECTRODE CELL, AND MEANS INCLUDING A RECORDER FOR OBTAINING AN INDICATION OF THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT IN SAID ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT.