Method for manufacturing coated chain

Claim 1

IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A CHAIN CONSISTING OF INTERLOCKED LINKS, THE METHOD WHICH INCLUDES THE STEPS OF CONTINUOUSLY GUIDING SAID CHAIN INTO A BATH OF A COATING COMPOSITION CONSISTING OF FINELY COMMINUTED ZINC 90% OF WHICH IS CAPABLE OF PASSING THROUGH 400 MESH TYLER SIEVE AND IS OF AN AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE UNDER 6 MICRONS SUSPENDED IN SODIUM SILICATE THE RATIO OF SODIUM OXIDE TO SILICA DEFINED IN MOLES BEING IN THE RANGE OF APPROXIMATELY 1:2.3 TO 1:3.0 TO IMMERSE A PORTION OF SAID CHAIN IN SAID BATH, MAINTAINING A SECTION OF THE IMMERSED CHAIN PORTION COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF LINKS IN A SUBSTANTIALY HORIZONTAL PLANE FOR A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPARTING A BACK AND FORTH ROCKING MOVEMENT TO SAID HORIZONTALLY ARRANGED SUBMERGED SECTION IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE CHIN, AND SUBJECTING SUCCESSIVE SECTIONS OF HORIZONTALLY ARRANGED CHAIN LINKS TO A BACK AND FORTH ROCKING MOVEMENT AS THE CHAIN IS MOVED THROUGH SAID BATH TO LOOSEN THE SAID INTERLOCKS BETWEEN THE ADJACENT LINKS, AND TO COMPLETELY COVER SAID LINKS WITH SAID COMPOSITION, WITHDRAWING SAID COVERED PORTIONS. OF THE CHAIN, AND SETTING THE COVERING THEREON BY HEATING TO A TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 250* F.