Cam-actuated stop member for lifting mechanism

In an electrode stripping mechanism for raising and lowering electrodes from a bath so that deposits on the electrodes may be stripped, wherein a vertically movable hook member engages an electrode lifting ear to raise the electrode out of said bath and wherein a stripping device contacts said electrode as said electrode is being lowered for return to said bath, the contact of the stripping device with said electrode tending to lift said lifting ear away from said hook member, the improvement comprising a cam-actuated stop member mounted for vertical movement with said hook member and horizontally movable into close proximity or engagement with the upper surface of said lifting ear during upward movement of said electrode thereby maintaining contact between the lower surface of said anode ear and said hook member during the stripping operation.