Chemistry: electrical and wave energy – Apparatus – Electrolytic
Patent
1993-10-08
1995-05-23
Valentine, Donald R.
Chemistry: electrical and wave energy
Apparatus
Electrolytic
118417, 118423, 118426, C25D 1716, B05C 300, B05C 1902
Patent
active
054178290
ABSTRACT:
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 parts are received from a parts feeder to a treatment position in which the parts are subjected to tumbling and immersion within a treatment solution to a drain position for during of the treatment solution and drying and next to a discharge position where they are discharged either to another conveyor in a next treatment tank or to a subsequent station for further processing. Movement of the conveyors to the several positions is carried out by tilt devices which vary the slope of the upper run of each conveyor. A plating tank includes anode baskets disposed adjacent the load-receiving end of the upper run of the conveyor and cathode danglers for contacting the parts on the upper run to establish a current path comprising danglers, the parts, the electrolytic solution and the anodes. Circulation of electrolyte is provided establishing a circulation path past the anodes through an inlet opening in the parts receiving hopper portions of the conveyor.
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Valentine Donald R.
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