Abstract: A method for cleaning cathode and/or anode plates which are obtained in the electrolytic refining of metals and which are lifted in groups suspended on bars or lugs from the electrolytic bath and thereafter the plates are washed by passing in succession through the washing operation individually or in pairs inclined in substantially V-manner with respect to each other. Additionally, three or more plates, inclined away from each other substantially in fan manner, may pass through the washing operation. The flat sides of the plates are sprayed at least partially by nozzles which execute a relative movement along the flat sides.

Abstract: A method and a machine for continuously transferring starting sheets for the electrolytic refining of metals, particularly copper, from the horizontal into the vertical position for introduction into a stand in which the starting sheets are stored for subsequent suspension at equal intervals in the electrolytic refining baths, the sheets being taken up by their cathode bars and being advanced continuously at a substantially uniform speed along a path of movement which changes continuously from the horizontal to the vertical and are successively raised over the transition in the path of movement from the horizontal to the vertical.