Ams Trace Metals, Inc.

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Jose Antonio Moreno

Vladimir Dozortsev

Richard Bacon

This disclosure provides techniques for treatment of aqueous matrices using electrolysis to produce soluble metals. An aqueous matrix of interest is passed through an electrolysis device with at least one consumable electrode, which dissolves under applied current, transferring a desired reagent to the aqueous matrix of interest. In one embodiment, the electrolysis device is used in a water delivery network to passivate hexavalent chromium (Cr6) and/or convert it to trivalent chromium; the electrode can be made of food-grade metal tin, which is electrolyzed to form a stannous reagent, which then reacts with the Cr6. The disclosed techniques provide for Cr6 passivation without requiring the use of concentrated acids or other harmful substances. Long term reagent generation efficiency can be enhanced through the use of cleaning processes which maintain a fresh electrode surface in contact with the aqueous matrix of interest.

Treatment of aqueous matrices using electrolysis to produce soluble tin metal

A paper guiding device for the discharge of copied original sheets from and mountable on copying machines. Said guiding device comprises first elongated flexible guide means provided with fastening means for mounting adjacent the opening from which the original is discharged, the free end or ends of which extend curvedly and vertically upward and backwardly over portions of the front and top surfaces of the copier; a second elongated shorter guide means mounted along the upper front edge of the copier and extending bidirectionally curvedly thereover, beneath and substantially parallel with a length portion of the first guide means; the original, in being discharged, is caused to move upwardly on and along the first guide means, and then into the passage formed by the overlapping portions of said two guide means and beyond, to the top surface of the copier.

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Los Banos, CA, United States of America

Jose Antonio Moreno