Apparatus for conveying cylindrical articles through a bath

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING A CYLINDRICAL ARTICLE THROUGH A LIQUID PROCESSING BATH, A PAIR OF PARALLEL SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL CONVEYOR TRACKS EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID BATH, A CONVEYOR FRAME MOVABLE ALONG SAID TRACKS, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID FRAME THEREALONG, A PAIR OF CONVEYOR CARRIAGES MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH AND EXTENDING LATERALLY THEREBEYOND, SAID CARRIAGES EACH HAVING A DEPENDING RESILIENT LEG TERMINATING IN AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING EXTENSION ADAPTED TO BE SUBMERGED WITHIN SAID BATH AND TO BE MOVED THROUGH SAID BATH BY AN ASSOCIATED CARRIAGE, SPACED ROLLERS CARRIED BY SAID EXTENSION FOR ROTATION ON AXES GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID EXTENSION; SAID EXTENSION AND SAID ROLLERS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID ARTICLE THEREOVER IN TELESCOPIC RELATION, AND ADDITIONAL ROLLER CARRIED BY SAID DEPENDING LEG FOR CONTACTING AN EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID ARTICLE, AND A DEPENDING ELECTRODE CONTACT MEMBER DISPOSED ABOVE THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID EXTENSION THROUGH SAID BATH TO PROVIDE A LOWER CAMMING SURFACE ADAPTED TO CONTACT AN EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID ARTICLE TO TENSION SAID DEPENDING RESILIENT ARM AND TO RETAIN SAID EXTENSION AND SAID ARTICLE SUBMERGED WITHIN SAID BATH.