Machine for cleaning the anodes of electrolytic tanks

A machine for cleaning anodes of electrolytic tanks by eliminating deposits of impurities which adhere to surfaces of anodes used in the electrolytic production of non-ferrous metals, said machine being characterized by comprising at least one pair of parallel horizontal cutting rollers, with the cutting rollers of a first pair of said at least one pair being situated at the same height;

• two series of nozzles for supplying jets of water under pressure and being disposed above said rollers;
• two plates situated above the nozzles with each of said plates being suspended by its horizontal upper axis and having flat opposing surfaces;
• means of suspending and raising the anodes between said rollers, nozzles and plates;
• said pair of rollers being rotating and being disposed with an adjustable separation therebetween;
• said two series of nozzles and said plates occupying symmetric positions relative to a vertical mid-plane which passes between the pair of rollers, said nozzles being directed towards said mid-plane at a selected angle, and the plates pivoting about suspension axes between a closed position, in which they are parallel and situated at an adjustable distance approximately equal to the thickness of the anodes, and an angular opened position.