Separator electrolytic cell

An electrolytic cell for the production of an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide liquor by the electrolysis of an aqueous alkali metal halide solution, wherein the cell is partitioned by a glove-shaped finger comprising two finger-shaped supports having fingers and extending parallel toward the inside of the cell from the opposite inner peripheries of a releasable plate secured to an inner wall of the cell by one releasable wall plate and a separator positioned adjacent to the fingers, said glove-shaped finger separating the cell into a first electrode compartment including said wall plate and a second electrode compartment including remainder walls of the cell, the first electrode compartment comprising at least one anode or cathode inserted in the glove-shaped finger and mounted on the releasable wall plate, and the second electrode compartment comprising opposite polar electrodes arranged along the outer surface of the separator of the glove-shaped finger.