Patent ID: 6461488
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: C25B,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
An electrolysis appliance, comprising:at least one electrolysis cell for holding an electrolyte and having two opposite outer faces, said electrolysis cell further having a membrane splitting said electrolysis cell into two half-cells, one of said two half-cells being an anode and another of said two half-cells being a cathode; end plates bounding said two opposite outer faces of said electrolysis cell; two gas reservoirs for temporary storing and passing on gases produced to a fuel cell, each of said gas reservoirs being a hollow body and connected to said two half-cells, said gas reservoirs each having a separator splitting each of said gas reservoirs into a reservoir area for holding the electrolyte and an expansion area, each of said gas reservoirs fitted directly to a respective one of said end plates in a region of said reservoir area; and an immersion tube held in said separator of each of said gas reservoirs and projecting into said reservoir area.