| 20120055785 | Equipment for Stirring the Electrolyte in Electrolytic Production Cells - The current systems for stirring electrolyte in the cells for the electrolytic production of metals consists of introducing into the production cells, air or compressed neutral gases at low pressure in ventilators, and distribute them in the cell by means of perforated pipes to stir the electrolyte. These pipes are firmly attached to the structure of the cell or to a supporting structure of insulating material, in the case of the newly designed cells. With use, the crystallization of salts dissolved in the electrolyte, the depositing of solids and of anodic sludge will obstruct the perforations of the pipes, limiting the circulation of the electrolyte stirring air. During the operation of the cell, breakdowns or failures occur in the ventilators, distribution ducts and perforated pipes of this system for different reasons whose reparation or cleaning implies losing production time. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20090173624 | SET OF PARTS FOR POSITIONING ELECTRODES IN CELLS FOR THE ELECTRODEPOSITING OF METALS - A vertical guide for electrodes characterized in that it includes 1) an upper portion or aligning head and a lower portion that corresponds to the guide itself, whose aligning head, designed to make it easier to introduce the cathode in the guide, has cylindrical-hexahedral perforations that permit attaching the vertical guide by means of bolts or another means to the electrolytic cell's support structure made of insulating material; 2) the head formed by a cylindrical housing having a horizontal axis and two inclined symmetrical surfaces that approach each other in a downward line until they become tangential to the interior faces of the “U” profile that continues downward, so that they are similar to a funnel open on one side; 3) a lower portion made up of the actual guide, whose space through which the electrode slides must be slightly wider than it, consists of a U-type profile with flanges, and which, on the outside, has triangular, or rectangular stiffening ribs, or both types, preferably separated at regular intervals; and 4) a lower end that is introduced into the vertical housing of the union elbow. | 07-09-2009 |
