Apparatus for producing sheet metal by electrodeposition

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SHEET METAL BY ELECTRO DEPOSITION FROM AN ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION, COMPRISING A CATHODE DRUM MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON A HORIZONTAL AXIS, A CYLINDRICAL CURVED ANODE MOUNTED IN CLOSELY SPACED RELATION WITH THE CATHODE DRUM, AND MEANS FOR PROJECTING A FLOW OF ELECTROLYTE INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN ANODE AND CATHODE COMPRISING A DISCHARGE MANIFOLD EXTENDING ALONG AN EDGE OF THE ANODE, SAID DISCHARGE MANIFOLD COMPRIING AN ELONGATED TUBULAR MEMBER DIVIDED LONGITUDINALLY INTO DISTRIBUTION COMPARTMENT AND A DISCHSRGE COMPARTMENT COMMINUCATING WITH SAID DISTRIBUTION COMPARTMENT, MEANS FOR DELIVERING ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION INTO THE DISTRIBUTION COMPARTMENT OF SAID DISCHARGE MANIFOLD, AND SAID DISCHARGE COMPARTMENT BEING PROVIDED WITH A SERIES OF SPACED SOLUTION OUTLETS ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE DISCHARGE MANIFOLD, SAID OUTLETS BEING SO POSITIONED AS TO PROJECT A STREAM OF ELECTROLYTE DELIVERED UNDER PRESSURE INTO SAID DISTRIBUTION COMPARTMENT INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE ANODE AND THE CATHODE DRUM TO CAUSE THE ELECTROLYTE TO FLOW ALONG THE SURFACE OF THE CATHODE DRUM OPPOSITE SAID ANODE.