发明名称 |
Method and apparatus for plating metal parts |
摘要 |
A method and apparatus for plating parts like lug nuts or other metal parts that have both an easily plated outside surface as well as a recessed cavity. The invention works in combination with a standard multi-station plating process. Also, a method and apparatus for preventing areas of electrode contact on a part from being non-plated. The present invention drains and plates a part containing a cavity by moving the part from a position where the cavity is facing around 45 degrees down to a position where the cavity is facing around 45 degrees up and then back down at various times during the process. The moving is generally initiated when the rack moving along a track above the fluid tanks encounters a roller. The roller causes a depression bar to activate a mechanical mechanism that shifts the position of the part. Other embodiments of the present invention can also rotate the part on an electrode finger as a roller on the track is encountered by the rack to avoid non-plated regions on the part. |
申请公布号 |
US8298384(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2012.10.30 |
申请号 |
US20090322091 |
申请日期 |
2009.01.29 |
申请人 |
KOLTSE GEORGE;LAPORTA VICTOR;CENTURY PLATING CO. |
发明人 |
KOLTSE GEORGE;LAPORTA VICTOR |
分类号 |
C25D17/08 |
主分类号 |
C25D17/08 |
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