Patent · US Expired

Continuous electroplating device

US4539090A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 27, 1984
Grant dateSep 3, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 27, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K3/241
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A device for continuously plating selected portions of objects including an electroplating bath, a conveyor disposed for movement above the electroplating bath where retainer devices are provided to be carried by the conveyor in spaced relation above the electroplating bath. The retainer devices include a base having a connector to connect the base to the conveyor so that the retainer is disposed between the conveyor and the electroplating bath where the base includes retaining device to releasably receive the object to be electroplated with the portion of the item to be electroplated extending downwardly from the bottom of the base to be received in the electroplating bath as the retainer moves with the conveyor.

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