Abstract: Filter press structure or cell and method of assembling the component parts, e.g. the component parts of an electrolytic cell, on a support structure of a pair of support rods, in which the component parts have pairs of jaws to be positioned on the support rods, and in which each pair of jaws is so shaped that one jaw may be positioned on a support rod only when the component part is at an angle to the plane between the support rods, the method comprising positioning a jaw on a support rod and rotating the component part to contact the other jaw with the other support rod. The method is simple to operate and results in the component parts of the structure being firmly fixed in position, yet it permits ready removal of a component part.

Abstract: A method of assembling an electrolytic cell of the filter press type comprising a plurality of anodes, cathodes, gaskets of an electrically insulating material, and separators, in which the electrolytic cell is assembled on a jig comprising a support unit having removably affixed thereto a plurality of substantially horizontally disposed support members positioned to at least one side of said unit, and preferably to both sides of said unit, the method comprising positioning anodes, cathodes and gaskets on said horizontally disposed support members with a separator positioned between an adjacent anode and cathode, removing the support unit, and compressing the thus formed assembly of anodes, cathodes, gaskets and separators on the horizontally disposed support members to form the electrolytic cell.