Connector for a plate electrode

A connector for a plate electrode comprising in combination a resilient body comprising an upper member and a lower member spaced from each other at one end thereof and rigidly attached to each other at the opposite end thereof;

• flexible, resilient first electrically conductive sheet means adjacent said upper member;
• second electrically conductive sheet means adjacent said lower member, means holding said first electrically conductive sheet means and said second electrically conductive sheet means between said upper and lower members, at least a portion of at least one facing surface of said first and second electrically conductive sheet means containing means for resisting movement of said plate electrode from between said first and second electrically conductive sheet means, a pivoting lever means attached to said upper member and having one end thereof adjacent said first electrically conductive sheet means, said lever means adapted to move from a first open position where said first electrically conductive sheet means is adjacent said upper member to a second closed position where said first electrically conductive sheet means is deflected to be adjacent said lower member with said plate electrode held between said first and second electrically conductive sheet means and said plate electrode contacting said means for resisting movement of said plate electrode from between said first and second electrically conductive sheet means, and third electrically conductive means attached to at least one of said first and second electrically conductive sheet means for electrically connecting at least one of said first and second electrically conductive sheet means to an electrical power source.