摘要:
APPARATUS FOR COMMON ADJUSTMENT OF THE POSITION OF A GROUP OF ANODES IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, INCLUDING A CELL CASING HAVING AN OPENING WITH A COVER CLOSING THE OPENING, AN INFLATABLE LIFTING TUBE SEALING THE EDGES BETWEEN THE CASING AND COVER AND CARRYING THE COVER, A GROUP OF ANODES MOUNTED IN THE COVER, A PRESSURE FLUID SOURCE FOR INFLATING THE TUBE, AND CONTROL MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE TUBE AND PRESSURE FLUID SOURCE FOR ADJUSTING THE QUANITY OF PRESSURE FLUID IN THE TUBE AND CORRESPONDINGLY THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE COVER AND CASING TO VARY THE POSITION OF THE ANODES WITH RESPECT TO THE CASING: AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF A GROUP OF ANODES WITH RESPECT TO THE CATHODE OF AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL INCLUDING A CASING CONTAINING SUCH CATHODE AND HAVING AN OPENING CLOSED BY A COVER IN WHICH SUCH
ANODES ARE MOUNTED, IN WHICH PRESSURE FLUID IS MAINTAINED IN A CONFINED TUBULAR ZONE, OF TRANSVERSE HEIGHT WHICH VARIES IN DEPENDENCE UPON THE QUANITY OF PRESSURE FLUID IN SAID ZONE IS MAINTAINED IN SEALING CONTACT WITH SAID CASING AND COVER AND CARRIES THE WEIGHT OF THE COVER, THE CELL VOLTAGE IS SENSED BETWEEN THE ANODES AND CATHODE, AND THE QUANITY OF PRESSURE FLUID IS ADJUSTED IN SAID ZONE IN DEPENDENCE UPON CHANGES IN THE SENSED CELL VOLTAGE TO ADJUST CORRESPONDINGLY THE TRANSVERSE HEIGHT OF SAID ZONE AND IN TURN THE POSITION OF SAID COVER AND GROUP OF ANODES WITH RESPECT TO THE CATHODE.