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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1981
Allen J Zerbel, Madison, WI (US);
Wehr Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
The electrode steam generator includes a cylindrical water tank including mating top and bottom cylinder halves molded from an electrically insulative synthetic plastic material as substantial mirror images of each other so that both can be molded from dies of the same design. The open mating ends of the cylinder halve includes substantially identical, alternating tongue and groove sections which fit together when the halves are brought together. The closed, concave ends of the cylinder halves have a plurality of circumferentially-spaced circular bosses projecting externally and internally at locations corresponding to desired locations of the electrical terminals for the electrodes. The terminal bosses on both cylinder halves are the same, except at least some of the top half includes an electrode terminal integrally molded therein. Both halves include a radially extending row of at least two internally projecting mounting bosses radially aligned with and radially spaced from each of the terminal bosses and adapted to receive sheet metal screws or similar fasteners for anchoring the electrodes on the top half with at least one mounting boss in each row being circumferentially aligned with the corresponding boss in another row for permitting the spacing between the electrodes to be uniformly radially adjusted by connection of each electrode to a terminal and one of the mounting bosses of each row. Both halves also include circular bosses adapted to receive sheet metal screws or similar fasteners for anchoring a screen covering the water inlet opening on the bottom half. The mating ends include radially projecting, peripheral flanges which are removably held together by a hoop or band clamp which has a generally U-shaped cross section and fits over the flanges.