Anode and supporting structure therefor

Claim 1

AN ANODE STRUCTURE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CHLORINE BY ELECTROLYSIS OF BRINE, COMPRISING AN OPERATIVE ANODE SURFACE OF A PLATINUM METAL UPON MESH CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF TITANIUM, A PILLAR HAVING AN IMPERFORATE LOWER END FOR SUSPENDING SAID MESH IN THE CELL AND CONDUCTING ELECTROLYSING CURRENT TO THE MESH, THE END OF THE PILLAR ADJACENT TO THE MESH BEING SPACED FROM THE MESH SO THAT CHLORINE LIBERATED BY ELECTROLYSIS IN THE VICINITY OF THE PILLAR END IS NOT TRAPPED BUT CAN PASS THROUGH THE MESH AND MAKE ITS WAY PAST THE PILLAR TO EXIT FROM THE CELL BY WAY OF THE SPACE BETWEEN THE MESH AND THE PILLAR END AND MEANS FOR SUPPORTING AND SPACING SAID PILLAR FROM SAID MESH AND FOR CARRYING CURRENT FROM SAID PILLAR TO SAID MESH, SAID SUPPORTING AND SPACING MEANS HAVING OPENINGS THEREIN FOR THE ESCAPE OF SAID LIBERATED CHLORING GAS.