Title: Electroplating apparatus

Abstract: An improved electroplating apparatus comprises a nonlinear array of treating tanks having a central rinse tank. A hoist motor is located on a fixed support structure above the rinse tank. A traversing guide engages a hoist cable to move the cable around the array of treating tanks. An insulating canopy surrounds the array to conserve waste heat given off by any heated treating tanks. A plurality of shower nozzles is located around the rinse tank for rinsing off any articles carried thereto by the hoist cable. The rinse water is heated by the waste heat conserved by the insulating canopy. The rinse discharge from the rinse tank can be conducted to a concentrating device for concentrating any contaminants contained in the rinse discharge.

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Inventors: Koering, Dale, J. (Saint Paul, MN, US)

Application Number: 937060
Filing Date: 1978-08-28
Publication_date: 1980-03-11
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Primary Class(es): 134/77 134/104.4, 134/105, 134/109, 204/274
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Primary Examiner: Bleutge, Robert L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt