Patent ID: 8888156
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: B66C,C25C

Abstract:
1. A handling device of an anode connector designed to connect an anode stem onto an anode frame of an igneous electrolysis cell intended for aluminium production, said connector being equipped with two side trunnions able to cooperate with support hooks interdependent with said anode frame and placed on either side of the anode stem, so as to pin said anode stem against said anode frame, said handling device comprising at least a guiding member having a notch associated with each of said trunnions and designed to receive said trunnion, said handling device being characterized in that said handling device also includes: at least a gripping member, having an open position and a closed position, said guiding member and said gripping member configured to cooperate in such a manner that, when said gripping member is in the open position, each trunnion can be inserted into or extracted from said notch, and when said gripping member is in the closed position, each trunnion can only move a limited distance in said notch, between a low position, corresponding to contact with said gripping member, and a high position; an actuating system associated with said gripping member, configured for moving the gripping member between said open and closed positions; and at least a locking system having a locked position and an unlocked position, that is able to block said gripping member when in the locked position, and able to move from the locked position to the unlocked position when said trunnions are in the high position.