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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 1983
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Swiss Aluminium Ltd., Chippis, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C / ; C25C / ; C25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 67 ;
Abstract
Device and method for breaking open the solidified crust of electrolyte on an electrolytic cell, in particular a cell for producing aluminum. At least one projection is provided on the lower part of the shaft of a chisel used on a crust breaker. After breaking through the crust, the chisel is lowered further at least until the lowest projection or projections reaches the lower half of the crust.