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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2010
Geoffrey Berlin, Lemon Tree Passage, AU;
Jean Camire, Hamilton South, AU;
Daran Emmett, Medowie, AU;
Yvan Foster, Newcastle, AU;
Guillaume Servant, Cooks Hill, AU;
Christian Jonville, Corenc, FR;
Malcolm Manwaring, Aberglasslyn, AU;
Geoffrey Berlin, Lemon Tree Passage, AU;
Jean Camire, Hamilton South, AU;
Daran Emmett, Medowie, AU;
Yvan Foster, Newcastle, AU;
Guillaume Servant, Cooks Hill, AU;
Christian Jonville, Corenc, FR;
Malcolm Manwaring, Aberglasslyn, AU;
Rio Tinto Alcan International Limited, Montreal, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
The subject of the invention is an anode block (-) made of carbon for a pre-baked anode () for use in a metal electrolysis cell () comprising a higher face (), a lower face (), designed to be laid out opposite a higher face of a cathode (), and four side faces (), and including at least one first groove (-) leading onto at least one of the side faces, in which the first groove has a maximum length Lin a plane parallel to the lower face, and characterized in that the first groove does not lead onto said lower or higher faces, or leads onto said lower or higher faces over a length Lless than half the maximum length L.