Patent ID: 7516748

Claim:
A rinsing cell for rinsing electrolyte from the end of a tubing, the tubing being disposed in the rinsing cell under an operative condition, which comprises: a housing having a rinse chamber disposed about an axis R, the housing having an opening for receiving the tubing such that the tubing extends from the exterior of the cell to the interior of the cell under the operative condition and the housing having a bottom surface which faces in the axial direction which bounds the rinse chamber, the rinse chamber having a bottom adjacent the bottom surface; a guide member extending axially from the bottom of the chamber toward the opening; a first conduit for supplying rinse fluid to the rinse chamber under operative conditions; a second conduit for removing rinse fluid from the rinse chamber under operative conditions; wherein the housing has a plurality of passages disposed circumferentially about the guide member and directed toward the chamber; wherein at least one of said passages is in flow communication with said first conduit for directing rinse fluid toward the tubing under said operative condition.