公开(公告)号：US20170362725A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15528357

申请日：2015-11-20

申请人： HATCH LTD.

发明人： MACIEJ URBAN JASTRZEBSKI ,  JOHN ANDREW FERGUSON SHAW ,  DALE PEAREN ,  BERT O. WASMUND ,  DANIEL RICHARD

IPC分类号： C25C3/10

CPC分类号： C25C3/10

摘要： An aluminum reduction cell having a shell structure with a pair of longitudinally extending sidewalls, a pair of transversely extending endwalls, a bottom wall, and an open top having an upper edge. The aluminum reduction cell also has a transverse support structure with transverse bottom beams located under the shell structure and extending transversely between the sidewalls, each of the transverse bottom beams having a pair of opposed ends. The aluminium reduction cell also has compliant binding elements fixed to the transverse support structure, each extending vertically along an outer surface of one of the sidewalls for applying an inwardly directed force said sidewall. The compliant binding elements are in the form of cantilever springs. Each spring has a metal member with a lower end which is secured to the transverse support structure, and a compliant, upper free end which is movable inwardly and outwardly in response to expansion and contraction of the shell structure.