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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2001
Ola Eriksson, Deje, SE;
Revill Wayne Armstrong, Townsville, AU;
Kei Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Suga, Tokyo, JP;
Jan Anders Haag, Lithia Springs, GA (US);
Ronald Lee Pariani, Smyrna, GA (US);
David Bailey, Townsville, AU;
Outokumpu Oyj, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for separating metal deposit from a mother plate used as a cathode in an electrolytic process, as metal electrorefining or metal electrowinning, in which device there is a supporting member for supporting the cathode to be treated, a member for releasing at least partly a metal deposit grown during the electrolytic process on a surface of the mother, and a member for support the released metal deposit. According to the invention the mother plate of a cathode ( ) is provided with a growth affecting means ( ) for creating an irregularity in the growth of the metal deposit ( ) to be used as a hinged member when the metal deposit ( ) is tilted to the mother plate of the cathode ( ) in order to break the metal deposit ( ) in two separate pieces along the irregularity in the growth.