Enclosing manufacture with a magnesium sacrificial anode for corrosion protection
View Patent ↗Techniques generally describe articles of enclosing manufacture and methods related to containers including a magnesium sacrificial anode for corrosion protection. Example articles of enclosing manufacture may include a liner or a rod that is configured as a sacrificial anode to protect a metallic side or end wall of the enclosing manufacture from corrosion. Other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed.
1. An article of manufacture comprising:
an enclosing body having a side wall and an end wall;
a metallic surface within an interior space between the side wall and the end wall of the enclosing body; and
a wire coil configured to serve as a liner extending along at least a portion of the side wall within the interior space of the enclosing body such that a portion of the interior space, but not the entire interior space, is surrounded by the wire coil liner and a portion of the metallic surface, but not the entire metallic surface, is at least partially exposed, wherein the wire coil liner is configured to operate as a sacrificial anode effective to protect the metallic surface from corrosion.
2. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the wire coil liner comprises a magnesium alloy.
3. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the wire coil liner is disposed in a manner that provides a gap between the portion of the side wall and the wire coil liner.
4. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the metallic surface comprises steel or aluminum.
5. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the wire coil liner comprises magnesium.
6. The article of manufacture of claim 1 wherein the end wall is configured to operate as a cathode.
7. The article of manufacture of claim 1 , wherein the metallic surface, the wire coil liner, and a food or beverage product housed within the interior space are configured to form a galvanic cell, wherein the metallic surface is configured to operate as a cathode, and the food or beverage product is configured to operate as an electrolyte.
8. A method for providing an article of manufacture, comprising:
configuring a container, having an inner space defined by a side wall and an end wall of the container, to house a sacrificial anode within the inner space of the container, wherein at least one of the side wall or the end wall of the container is formed of a metal;
configuring the sacrificial anode with a wire coil; and
lining a portion of the inner space, but not the entire inner space, with the sacrificial anode.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
coupling the sacrificial anode to the side wall or the end wall of the container.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein configuring the sacrificial anode with a wire coil comprises forming a wire coil of magnesium or magnesium alloy to form at least one portion of the sacrificial anode.