Claims
- 1. In a mercury cell circuit having a plurality of flowing mercury amalgam cathode electrolytic cells in series, each of said cells being electrically connected to the cells adjacent thereto by bus bars, and a control circuit having a storable program digital computer, the improvement comprising shunts responsive to current flow on each of said bus bars; and first level multiplexing means and second level multiplexing means interposed between said bus bars and said storable program digital computer.
- 2. The cell circuit of claim 1 wherein said first multiplexing means comprise one first level multiplexer per mercury cell.
- 3. The cell circuit of claim 2 wherein said second multiplexing means comprise second level multiplexers interposed between said first level multiplexers and said storable program digital computer.
- 4. The cell circuit of claim 3 wherein there is more than one first level multiplexer per second level multiplexer.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of co-pending application Ser. No. 489,647 filed July 18, 1974, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,900,373, which was a continuation-in-part of abandoned application Ser. No. 272,240, filed July 17, 1972 now abandoned.
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3812024 |
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Continuation in Parts (2)
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489647 |
Jul 1974 |
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272240 |
Jul 1972 |
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