Marine anticorrosion anode structure
Abstract
Abstract AN ANTICORROSION ANODE STRUCTURE FOR PROTECTING IRON OR STEEL PORTIONS OF A BOAT THAT ARE SUBJECT TO CORROSION WHEN IMMERSED IN WATER, WHICH DEVICE INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE BODY OF A METAL THAT HAS A GREATER ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION TENDENCY THAN IRON. THE BODY HAS A NUMBER OF SPACED COPPER ELECTRODES EMBEDDED THEREIN AND EXTENDING THEREFROM. CLAMPING MEANS ARE PROVIDED TO FORCE THE FREE ENDS OF THE COPPER ELECTRODES INTO PRESSURE CONTACT WITH THE METALLIC STRUCTURE TO BE PROTECTED, WITH THE COPPER SERVING THE DUAL PURPOSE OF FORMING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION IN A GALVANIC CELL THAT IS DEFINED BY THE METAL BODY AND THE SURFACE TO BE PROTECTED, AS WELL AS SO SPACING THE BODY FROM THE DURFACE THAT SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE EXTERNAL AREA OF THE BODY IS IN CONTACT WITH THE WATER IN WHICH IT IS IMMERSED. THE BODY BY THE ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL BETWEEN IT AND THE SURFACE TO BE PROTECTED PREVENTS CORROSION OF THE SURFACE.
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- 👤 J Morgan
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