Apparatus for electroplating wire

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR ELECTROPLATING STOCK OF INDEFINITE LENGTH, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED TANK HAVING SIDE AND BOTTOM WALLS ADAPTED TO CONTAIN ELECTROLYTE, A PLURALITY OF ANODES IN THE FORM OF FLAT SHALLOW BOXES OF METAL INSOLUBLE IN SAID ELECTROLYTE HAVING SIDE, TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS, SAID ANODES BEING DISPOSED HORIZONTLLY END-TO-END AND IN SPACED RELATION ALONG SAID TANK, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID ANODES WITH THEIR TOP WALLS IN A COMMON PLANE BELOW THE TOP OF SAID TANK SIDE WALLS, SAID ANODE TOP WALLS HAVING A MULTIPLICITY OF NOZZLE PORTS DISTRIBUTED THEREOVER, AN ELECTROLYTE-SUPPLY PIPE CONNECTED TO A WALL OF EACH ANODE OTHER THAN THE TOP WALL AND EXTENDING THROUGH A WALL OF SAID TANK, SAID PIPE AND SAID ANODE BEING ELECTRICALLY INSULATED FROM SAID TANK, A CURRENT-SUPPLY CONNECTION SECURED TO EACH PIPE EXTERNALLY OF SAID TANK, AND CATHODE CONTACTS SPACED FROM EACH END OF SAID ANODES ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID STOCK FROM ABOVE.