Patent ID: 8557091
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: C02F,C25B

Abstract:
1. An electrolytic reactor for the treatment of liquids, comprising: an electrically non-conductive reactor housing having a substantially rectangular shape and a pair of opposing end openings, said reactor housing comprising a plurality of assembly bolt openings and a support structure; a plurality of metal insertable fasteners, each of said insertable fasteners being positioned near one of the end openings of the reactor housing and comprising a threaded hole oriented in a first direction and at least one assembly bolt hole oriented in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction; a plurality of side support bars, each of said side support bars comprising metal and defining at least one assembly bolt opening, each of said side support bars being positioned adjacent an external surface of the reactor housing; a plurality of assembly bolts, each assembly bolt passing through one of the assembly bolt openings in one of the side support bars, one of the assembly bolt holes in one of the insertable fasteners, and one of the assembly bolt openings in the reactor housing, thereby fixedly securing the plurality of insertable fasteners and the plurality of side support bars to the reactor housing such that each of the plurality of side support bars provide structural reinforcement for the reactor housing; a pair of electrically non-conductive end cap members, each of said end cap members comprising a plurality of bracket fastener openings and being positioned to seal one of the end openings of the reactor housing; a pair of metal end cap brackets, each end cap bracket comprising a plurality of bracket fastener openings and being positioned adjacent to a side of one of the end cap members opposite the end opening of the reactor housing; a plurality of threaded end cap fasteners, each of said end cap fasteners passing through one of the bracket fastener openings in one of the end cap brackets and one of the bracket fastener openings in one of the end cap members, and being threaded into one of the threaded holes of one of the insertable fasteners so as to compress the end cap member, end cap bracket, and the reactor housing together, thereby releasably sealing the end opening of the reactor housing with the end cap member; a plurality of electrode plates retained inside said reactor housing by the support structure in a substantially parallel orientation; a pair of electrically conductive electrode connectors, each of said electrode connectors bein welded to one of said electrode s lates and com risin a threaded hole; a pair of electrically conductive power distribution blocks, electrically couplable to a power source, each of said power distribution blocks defining at least one electrode connector bolt opening and being positioned adjacent an exterior surface of the reactor housing; and a pair of electrically conductive electrode connector bolts, each of said electrode connector bolts passing through one of the electrode connector bolt openings in one of the power distribution blocks and being threaded into one of the threaded holes in one of the electrode connectors so as to electrically couple the power distribution block to the electrode plate coupled to the corresponding electrode connector.