IP Library Granted Patent US 7,763,152
Granted Patent B2
US 7,763,152 · App. 11/896,681 · Granted Jul 27, 2010

Ion exchange membrane electrolyzer

Assignees: Chlorine Engineers Corp., Ltd.; Tosoh Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,763,152
App. No.
11/896,681
Granted
Jul 27, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an ion exchange membrane electrolyzer, wherein at least one electrode is energized by coming into contact with plate spring bodies formed on the electrode side of an electrode holding member forming a space with an electrode chamber partition bonded to a plate-like electrode chamber partition by a strip-like bonded portion, the electrode has a connected portion extending from a plane parallel to the ion exchange membrane toward the electrode holding member side in a direction perpendicular to the electrode plane, the connected portion is provided with an engaging opening extending in a direction perpendicular to the electrode plane, and the engaging opening engages with an engaging member, permitting the electrode to move in a direction perpendicular to the electrode plane within the displacement range of the plate spring bodies.

Claims (4)

1. An ion exchange membrane electrolyzer, wherein at least one electrode is energized by coming into contact with plate spring bodies formed on the electrode side of an electrode holding member forming a space with an electrode chamber partition bonded to a plate-like electrode chamber partition by a strip-like bonded portion, the electrode has a connected portion extending from a plane parallel to the ion exchange membrane toward the electrode holding member side in a direction perpendicular to the electrode plane, the connected portion is provided with an engaging opening extending in a direction perpendicular to the electrode plane, and the engaging opening engages with an engaging member, permitting the electrode to move in a direction perpendicular to the electrode plane within the displacement range of the plate spring bodies.

2. The ion exchange membrane electrolyzer according to claim 1 , wherein the engaging opening is an opening formed in the connected portion of the electrode extending from a plane parallel to the ion exchange membrane in a perpendicular direction or an opening formed in an engaging member mounted on the connected portion.

3. The ion exchange membrane electrolyzer according to claim 1 , wherein the plate spring bodies comprise a plurality of comb-like spring-like bodies having the same length and extending obliquely from plate-like bodies of the electrode holding member.

4. The ion exchange membrane electrolyzer according to claim 1 , wherein the plate-like bodies to which the plate spring bodies are connected are formed in a portion joined to the electrode chamber partition by the strip-like bonded portion, being parallel to the electrode chamber partition and forming a space with the electrode chamber partition, the space formed with the electrode chamber partition is a descending flow channel of an electrolyte and an ascending flow channel of an electrolyte is formed on the electrode side.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 30, 2022
From: CHLORINE ENGINEERS CORP., LTD.
To: CHLORINE ENGINEERS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061370/0090 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 30, 2022
From: THYSSENKRUPP UHDE CHLORINE ENGINEERS (JAPAN) LTD.
To: THYSSENKRUPP NUCERA JAPAN LTD.
Reel/Frame 061357/0261 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 30, 2022
From: CHLORINE ENGINEERS CORP., LTD.
To: CHLORINE ENGINEERS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061370/0079 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 30, 2022
From: CHLORINE ENGINEERS CORP., LTD.
To: THYSSENKRUPP UHDE CHLORINE ENGINEERS (JAPAN) LTD.
Reel/Frame 061357/0250 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2010
From: CHLORINE ENGINEERS CORP., LTD.
To: TOSOH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024690/0548 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2009
From: CHLORINE ENGINEERS CORP., LTD.
To: TOSOH CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 023723/0071 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2007
From: SUZUKI, MINORU; KAMEDA, MASAKAZU
To: CHLORINE ENGINEERS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019837/0384 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2006-241646 · Sep 6, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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