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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:
Jan. 03, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas W Townsend, Glen Burnie, MD (US);
Assignee:
Comalco Aluminum, Ltd., Melbourne, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C / ; C25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2042 / ; 204294 ;
Abstract
An electrolytic reduction cell for the production of aluminum having a slotted cathode collector bar. The slots are filled with insulating material thereby directing the electrical current flow through the cathode collector bar in a manner which reduces the horizontal current components in the cell.