Electrode holder

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AN ELECTRODE HOLDER OF INSULATING MATERIAL FOR A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW REPLACEABLE ELECTRODES; POSITIONING MEANS ON THE HOLDER; A PLURALITY OF ELECTRODE CHAMBERS EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM ONE FACE OF THE HOLDER; MEANS TO INTRODUCE ELECTROLYTE INTO THE ELECTRODE CHAMBERS FROM THE OPPOSITE FACE OF THE HOLDER; AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR CHAMBER CONTAINED WITHIN THE HOLDER AND INTRSECTING EACH ELECTRODE CHAMBER AND ADAPTED TO CONFINE A LIQUID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR; AND ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED WITH THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR CHAMBER TO PROVIDE ELECTRICAL CONTACT BETWEEN THE LIQUID CONDUCTOR AND AN ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE; EACH ELECTRODE CHAMBER HAVING (A) ELECTRODE STOP MEANS LOCATED AT A PREDETERMINED POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE POSITIONING MEANS TO LOCATE PENETRATION OF THE ELECTRODE INTO THE ELECTRODE CHAMBER; AND (B) A PLURALITY OF RESILIENT, RELEASABLE ELECTRODE HOLDING AND FLUID SEALING MEANS EMBEDDED IN WALLS OF EACH ELECTRODE CHAMBER TO HOLD AN ELECTRODE DURING OPERATION AND TO GUIDE A REPLACEMENT ELECTRODE INTO POSITION, (C) ONE OF THE PLURALITY OF ELECTRODE HOLDING MEANS BEING LOCATED BETWEEN THE MEANS TO INTRODUCE ELECTROLYTE INTO THE ELECTRODE CHAMBER AND THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR CHAMBER TO FUNCTION AS FLUID SEALING MEANS SEPARATING THE LIQUID ELECTROLYTE FROM THE LIQUID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR AND ANOTHER OF THE PLURALITY OF ELECTRODE HOLDING MEANS BEING LOCATED BETWEEN THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR CHAMBER AND SAID ONE FACE OF THE HOLDER TO FUNCTION AS FLUID SEALING MEANS CONFINING THE LIQUID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR TO THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR CHAMBER.