Segmented sacrificial anode attachment to water heating element
US4017714A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 4, 1975 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC23F13/02
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The attachment is easily replaced, is flexible and elongated, and is adapted to be inserted into a tank for heating a liquid through an opening provided in the metal shell of the tank for mounting an electric immersion heater in the tank. The attachment includes a chain of metal segments which are interconnected by flexible metal wire and which are anodic to the metal shell, and includes a clamp for releasably, and electrically and mechanically, connecting one end of the chain of segments to the sheathed and grounded legs of the immersion heater.
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