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| 6926813 | Electrical contacting element made of an elastic material To electrically contact and electrolytically treat, more specifically to electroplate, very thin, electrically conductive layers, especially with a high electrolytic current, a device comprising contact carriers, more specifically clamps, clips and like, with contac... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6607600 | Electrostatic coating apparatus and method The invention relates to an intermediate component for protecting hangers associated with electrostatic coating processes. The component is an electrically conductive, pliable, tubular member, and inexpensive relative to the hanger which it serves to prot... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6564929 | Apparatus and method for positioning, handling and conveying structural parts An apparatus for positioning, handling and conveying structural parts for a surface finishing of the parts comprises frames arranged successively in a conveying direction, hooks carried by the frames for hanging the structural parts, and devices for maint... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6358388 | Plating system workpiece support having workpiece-engaging electrodes with distal contact-part and dielectric cover A semiconductor workpiece holder used in electroplating systems for plating metal layers onto a semiconductor workpieces, and is of particular advantage in connection with plating copper onto semiconductor materials. The workpiece holder includes electrod... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6322678 | Electroplating reactor including back-side electrical contact apparatus An apparatus for electroplating a workpiece is disclosed in which the apparatus includes a workpiece holding structure. The workpiece holding structure includes a workpiece support having at least one surface that is disposed to engage a front side of the... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6231730 | Cathode frame A cathode frame for receiving and retaining a cathode plate for electrowinning and/or electrorefining processes is constructed as an integrally-formed frame body having a base member and side members which provide a continuous channel therethrough for ret... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6045669 | Structure of electric contact of electrolytic cell The present invention provides a structure of an electric contact of an electrolytic cell, wherein an elongated conductive member is provided as a bus bar 10 on a wall of an electrolytic cell for feeding current to anodes 1 and cathodes 2 arranged in the ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5985126 | Semiconductor plating system workpiece support having workpiece engaging electrodes with distal contact part and dielectric cover A semiconductor workpiece holder used in electroplating systems for plating metal layers onto a semiconductor workpieces, and is of particular advantage in connection with plating copper onto semiconductor materials. The workpiece holder includes electrod... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5938899 | Anode basket for continuous electroplating An anode containment basket for holding soluble anodes in a horizontal plane within the plating bath of a continuous electroplating line. The basket includes a nonconductive conduit having a continuous sidewall, an interior space and open ends. One open e... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5908120 | Hanger for supporting articles to be electrostatically painted The present invention is an electrically grounded hanger system for supporting a plurality of articles to be electrostatically coated with a paint particulate. The hanger system is supported from a grounded conveyor system and comprises a support descendi... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5837109 | Apparatus for treating a strip The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating a strip such as a steel strip. The first object is to provide an electrode opening and closing mechanism having a simple construction. The second object is to uniform the flow of a solution around... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5702574 | Jig for coating rotor blades A method of and apparatus for producing abrasive tips on compressor or turbine rotor blades by electrolytic or electroless deposition in which the blades are mounted in a hollow jig with the tips of the blades extending through sealed openings in the jig ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5607069 | Painting fixture with modular crossbars The invention includes a rack assembly for use in supporting articles for processing, cleaning, painting and paint stripping, the rack assembly being comprised of modular components which can be conveniently assembled. The modular components can be assemb... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5589051 | Clamp for use with electroplating apparatus and method of using the same A clamp for use in an electrolytic plating bath is disclosed. The clamp comprises two levers pivotally attached to each other at a fulcrum wherein the clamp, when floating on top of a liquid, is in an open position but when submerged is caused, by virtue ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5531334 | Reconfigurable hook support A support for suspending parts during a coating procedure. The inventive device includes an elongated bar securable to a supporting structure. A plurality of mounting assemblies extend from the elongated bar for mounting a plurality of hooks depending the... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5524774 | Hanging rack with cantilevered support hooks A rack for transporting workpieces through electrostatic coating operations. The rack includes a pair of vertically extending, rectangularly cylindrical hollow tubes having apertures formed in their front sides. A support hook has a workpiece engaging por... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5374345 | Partial plating method for a plate member and masking jig for use therein A method is provided for partially plating, for example, strip-shaped metallic straps which are parts of a support grid for a nuclear fuel assembly, and further relates to a masking jig for use in the method. The masking jig has a plurality of tubular bod... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5302267 | Gold plating kit apparatus A kit structure arranged to include a support container having various components for gold plating a workpiece, to include a fluid container or beaker, with a battery operative through a voltage regulator, wherein the voltage regulator is adjustable to pe... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5242555 | Method of machining workpieces by wire electroerosion and securing machined articles A method of machining workpieces, particularly for wire electroerosion machining in which a machining gap is formed between the machined piece and the workpiece, a machined piece is cut out of the workpiece, and the machined piece is secured against dropp... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5020677 | Common rack system for anodizing and painting large parts A common rack system is provided for sequentially anodizing and painting parts. The parts (14) are mounted on rack bars (18) and secured in place with straddle clips (16). An anodization bar (20) that is substantially thicker than the rack bar (18) is cla... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4936973 | Overflow assembly for platable plastic substrates A platable plastic product substrate assembly comprises at least one overflow assembly having a primary support, at least one secondary support extending from the primary support and at least one clip for engaging the framework of a plating rack. A produc... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4894129 | Method and apparatus for positioning sheet-like objects The invention relates to a method and apparatus for positioning sheet-like objects, anodes and/or cathodes, in an electrolysis tank, when the positioning is carried out by utilizing a gripping device (2) designed for gripping sheet-like objects and connec... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4670121 | Plant for the electrolytic production of reactive metals in molten salt baths The plant for the electrolytic production of a metal in a molten salt bath by deposition at the cathode in the solid state includes an outer casing, means for maintaining an atmosphere inert to the metal to be produced in the casing, a container within th... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4628859 | Apparatus and workpiece fixture for electrostatic spray coating An apparatus including a workpiece fixture which insures electrical continuity with removable article engaging hooks is disclosed. The hooks have resilient U-shaped ends which frictionally engage contacting surfaces defined by pairs of opposed notches on ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4569744 | Anodic assembly for electroplating An anodic assembly immersible in a fluoborate electrolytic bath in an electroplating process for plating tin and similar metals. The assembly is constituted by a cylindrical basket containing a replenishable pile of solid pieces of the plating metal, the ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4510033 | Frozen electrolyte bath removal apparatus Apparatus for removing frozen electrolyte bath from surface portions of an electrode body, the apparatus having crust breakers adapted to penetrate and fracture the crust which breaks into discrete pieces and which separates from the body. The crust break... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4479863 | Cell top insulator An insulator for supporting a spooled electrode contact bar and head bars of removable, alternating cathodes and anodes in an electrolytic cell. The insulator comprises an elongated body formed of a synthetic material having a longitudinal outwardly and d... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4442593 | Anode butt remover Anode butts are removed from the studs of anode rods by stripping the butts from the studs in a downward direction by hydraulic cylinders, the counter-forces of such action being taken up by the yoke which carries the studs. The stripping forces are thus ... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4415422 | Apparatus for electro-depositing aluminum An improved galvanizing device for the galvanic precipitation of aluminum from an anhydrous, aprotic, and oxygen-free aluminum-organic electrolyte is provided. The known device having an annularly shaped galvanizing trough, which is sealed from the atmosp... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4394242 | Clamp, tool, and electrolysis cell anode mount The invention involves a cell which may be used for producing molten aluminum by electrolysis of aluminum oxide in a molten bath. The cell includes a cathode and an anode, a bar and a hanger. The bar is connected at an upper end to the hanger and at a low... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4392934 | Process and apparatus for replacing cathodes A process and apparatus for removing from an electrolytic cell cathodes having an electrolytic deposit thereon and replacing them with cathodes from which said electrolytic deposit has been removed, comprising: (a) simultaneously lifting a first subgroup ... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4378281 | High speed plating of flat planar workpieces An overhead monorail transports racks, in which individual generally flat planar workpieces are suspended, along a path which may provide for several discrete processes in the production line of the circuit boards, and which path includes horizontal linea... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4328076 | Electrode and sludge collector support device and electroplating therewith An electrode and sludge collector support device is provided which permits the immersing of electrode and sludge collector into an electrolytic plating bath and which permits the removal of spent electrodes and subsequent replacement of electrodes without... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4288313 | Hanger for handling sheet material during processing thereof In order to hang sheet material, such as an aluminum skin section of an aircraft, during processing thereof, a plurality of hangers are provided, for releasably engaging an upper edge of the sheet material at spaced locations therealong so as to provide, ... | 09/08/1981 |
| 3951761 | Method and apparatus for electro-plating strip contacts The following specification describes a contact electroplating process and apparatus in which a web carrying the contacts is attached to a plastic carrier strip formed of modules in end to end relationship and then wound on a plating reel. Projections on ... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3939056 | Coated plating rack A rack for supporting electrically non-conductive articles during the successive chemical or electroless plating and electroplating of such articles has its metal frame covered with a plastic resin coating in which there is dispersed one or more organosul... | 02/17/1976 |
