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A chlorine generator is disclosed for use in chlorinating water in swimming pools, baths, reservoirs, sewage, etc. The generator is of the type consisting of two sealed compartments separated by an ion-permeable membrane and having a cathode in one compartment and an anode in the other. Hydrogen is

A chlorine generator is disclosed for use in chlorinating water in swimming pools, baths, reservoirs, sewage, etc. The generator is of the type consisting of two sealed compartments separated by an ion-permeable membrane and having a cathode in one compartment and an anode in the other. Hydrogen is evolved from the cathode compartment and chlorine from the anode compartment. In this generator, an electrically neutral or bipolar electrode (one not connected in the anode-cathode circuit) is positioned between the anode and the cathode adjacent to the ion-permeable membrane in the anode compartment. The chlorine generator is characterized by a more rapid start up in generating chlorine and in more rapid and more efficient generation of chlorine with chlorine being released at both the anode and the neutral electrode.

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A method for chlorinating a body of water which comprises providing a chlorine generator comprising a hollow container having a wall dividing the same into two compartments and including an ion-permeable membrane permitting flow of cations therethrough, a cathode in one of said compartments, an anod

A method for chlorinating a body of water which comprises providing a chlorine generator comprising a hollow container having a wall dividing the same into two compartments and including an ion-permeable membrane permitting flow of cations therethrough, a cathode in one of said compartments, an anode in the other of said compartments, a bipolar electrode in said other compartment positioned between said anode and said membrane, said bipolar electrode being of a size and shape permitting free circulation of electrolyte therearound and being exposed on all sides to the same aqueous electrolyte, providing water to said cathode compartment, providing a water solution of sodium chloride to said anode compartment to surround said anode and said bipolar electrode, passing a predetermined amount of direct current through said water and said sodium chloride solution to produce chlorine at said anode and said bipolar electrode and to produce hydrogen and sodium hydroxide at said cathode, collecting said chlorine, and mixing said chlorine at a predetermined rate with part of said body of water and returning the resulting mixture to said body of water.