Abstract: An electrolytic cell includes a plate stack including a plurality of plates spaced apart to define a plurality of channels extending therebetween, a housing arranged around the plurality of plates, and a plurality of terminals connected to the plate stack for placing an electrical potential thereacross. The cell can also include a plurality of adhesive strips arranged between the plurality of plates and further defining the plurality of channels. A method of making an electrolytic cell includes arranging a manifold section mold having a plurality of openings therein over a plurality of pins, arranging a first end of a plate stack in the mold such that the plurality of pins extend into the plurality of channels, and molding a first manifold section.

Abstract: An electrolytic cell includes a plate stack including a plurality of plates spaced apart to define a plurality of channels extending therebetween, a housing arranged around the plurality of plates, and a plurality of terminals connected to the plate stack for placing an electrical potential thereacross. The cell can also include a plurality of adhesive strips arranged between the plurality of plates and further defining the plurality of channels. A method of making an electrolytic cell includes arranging a manifold section mold having a plurality of openings therein over a plurality of pins, arranging a first end of a plate stack in the mold such that the plurality of pins extend into the plurality of channels, and molding a first manifold section.

Abstract: A thermoplastic melting apparatus for melting and dispensing hot melted adhesive materials includes a melting tank having an output line coupled to the bottom thereof for discharging a melted hot melt adhesive from the melting tank. A plurality of finned heat exchanger units are each mounted to the melting tank in the bottom portion of the tank but spaced from the bottom of the tank to allow for a 360.degree. contact with the melted thermoplastic material being heated by the heat exchanger unit. Each of the finned heat exchanger units have an elongated center bore therein and a resistance heating element mounted in each elongated bore. Each of the plurality of finned heat exchanger units is mounted within the melting tank chamber by a press fit aligning the opening in the elongated center bore with an opening in a wall of the tank. A threaded bolt is threaded from outside the tank into the opening to the center bore of the center core of each heat exchanger unit.