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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7686927 | Methods and apparatus for controlled-angle wafer positioning The orientation of a wafer with respect to the surface of an electrolyte is controlled during an electroplating process. The wafer is delivered to an electrolyte bath along a trajectory normal to the surface of the electrolyte. Along this trajectory, the wafer is an... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7166204 | Plating apparatus and method A plating apparatus and method which smoothly perform contact of a plating liquid with a surface of the substrate and which can prevent air bubbles from remaining on the surface to be plated. The plating apparatus includes a plating bath containing a plating liquid ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7108776 | Plating apparatus and plating method In the invention, there is provided a plating treatment technique which permits uniform plating treatment and easy replacement of articles to be plated without the effect of bubbles in a plating solution by improving wet plating apparatuses of the contact type to th... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6895718 | Construction unit mounting system A system for mounting a prefabricated construction unit in an aperture in a building structure comprises a plurality of clips. The clips have exterior ends adapted to be affixed to a frame of the construction unit and interior ends adapted to be affixed to the build... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6887363 | Grounding system for rotating fixtures in electrically conductive mediums An e-coating line for small parts includes a series of load carriers, each having a rotatable shaft supporting an apertured metal barrel with parts to be treated. Electrically conductive drive chains and sprockets connect the rotatable shaft to barrel shafts to susp... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6702932 | Electroplating barrel The invention relates to an electroplating barrel whose barrel shell consists of a plurality of plastic shell elements (11) which are firmly interlinked across the circumference of the shell by gluing or welding without preheating. The shell elements (11)... | 03/09/2004 |
| 5417829 | Apparatus for the surface treatment of parts Conveyors are provided for tumbling and transferring parts to be subjected to treatments, including electroplating in a series of treatment tanks. The conveyors are supported on the treatment tanks for pivotal movement between a position in which the part... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5167779 | Process and apparatus for electrolyte exchange A process and apparatus for obtaining an intensive and continuous exchange of electrolyte on the surfaces of workpieces (11, 21) subjected to chemical or electrolytical treatments wherein the exchange is achieved by subjecting the workpieces (11, 21) to s... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4812211 | Process and system for electrodeposition coating A relatively great number of materials such as forged or cast motor parts of relatively small sizes are loaded into a basket. The basket is suspended from a front conveyor, and is conveyed thereby to a position in front of a coating section comprising a p... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4769117 | Barrel plating apparatus A barrel plating apparatus in which a barrel accommodating a large number of works is successively soaked in a plurality of baths filled with treatment liquid, the barrel comprising a peripheral wall, a pair of end walls at opposite ends of the peripheria... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4162951 | Electroplating apparatus with selectively interchangeable, connectable drums Disclosed is a single electroplating apparatus capable of utilizing varying numbers and sizes of drums for electroplating batches of small elements. All drums have a common end portion which connects with the apparatus to orient the drum with an essential... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4014757 | Method for preparing fibrous metal materials by electrolytic deposition and the resulting fibrous metal material In a procedure of preparing fibrous metal material by electrolytically deiting metal on conductive fibres forming a skeleton, the fibres are carded during deposition of the metal. The fibres are carded in a rotatable drum containing a fibre carding devic... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3974057 | Electro plating barrel An electroplating barrel for immersion in an electroplating electrolyte or other treatment liquid and for tumbling therein a bulk-mass of small parts, made of either electrolessly metal-coated plastics (synthetic resins) or of metals. The tumbling barrel ... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3969212 | Reinforced hanger bracket for electroplating barrel and method of reinforcing a plastic bar A hanger bracket for supporting a rotatable barrel within a fluid treatment tank, which bracket is in turn mounted on a support frame. A metal strip is sealed within the plastic hanger bracket in fluid tight arrangement to strengthen the bracket against b... | 07/13/1976 |
