Transfer of electrolytic starting sheets from horizontal to vertical position by guide rails

Abstract From the Canadian patent

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 are taken up by cathode bars attached thereto and are advanced continuously at a substantially uniform speed along a path of movement which changes continuously from the horizontal to the vertical. The sheets are successively raised over the transition in the path of movement from the horizontal to the vertical. Moveable supports in the form of rollers …