Patent ID: 6282774
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: C25B,Y10T

Abstract:
An electrolysis apparatus for producing halogen gases from aqueous alkali halide solution, said apparatus comprising:a plurality of electrolysis cells in plate form arranged side by side in a stack and electrically connected;each cell being within a housing comprising two semi-shells made of electrically conductive material with contact strips on the outer side of at least one housing's rear wall, said housing having,feeders for a cell current and an electrolysis feedstock,devices for discharging the cell current and the electrolysis products, said devices further comprising,an anode and cathode each with a substantially level surface and separated from each other by a partition, the anode and cathode arranged paralled to each other and are electrically connected to the rear wall of the respective housing by metal reinforcements,said metal reinforcements being in the form of solid plates which are flush with contact strips and whose side edges run up the entire height of the rear wall and of the anode and cathode.