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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1998
Yasuo Hara, Ohara-gun, JP;
Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An electrolytic cell composed of a cell housing formed at a lower portion thereof with a pair of inlet ports and at an upper portion thereof with a pair of outlet ports, a diaphragm assembled within the housing to subdivide the interior of the housing into a pair of reaction chambers respectively in open communication with the inlet and outlet ports, and a pair of electrode plates disposed within the reaction chambers respectively and opposed to one another through the diaphragm, wherein the electrode plates are applied with electric current to electrolyze water to be treated flowing therethrough from the inlet ports toward the outlet ports, a horizontal partition is provided in the respective reaction chambers to form a plurality of reaction passages between the diaphragm and the respective electrode plates in such a manner that the reaction passages are opened at their opposite ends, a pair of communication passages are formed at opposite sides of each of the electrode plates to alternately connect the opposite ends of the reaction passages therethrough so that a meander passage is formed by the reaction passages and communication passages, and an inlet cavity in open communication with the inlet port is formed at one side of the respective electrode plates and connected with a lower end of the meander passage, while an outlet cavity in open communication with the outlet port is formed at the other side of the respective electrode plates and connected with an upper end of the meander passage.