Electrolytic treating apparatus

Claim 1

IN AN IMPROVED ELECTROLYTIC TREATING APPARATUS FOR TREATING METAL STRIP WITHIN A SOLUTION IN A BATH CONTAINER, A SUPPORT STRUCTURE POSITIONED ABOVE THE CONTAINER, AT LEAST ONE CROSS MEMBER SUSPENDED FROM SAID SUPPORT STRUCTURE COLUMNS EXTENDING ACROSS THE CONTAINER, A PAIR OF SUPPORT COLUMNS EXTENDING FROM SAID CROSS BAR INTO THE CONTAINER IN A TRANSVERSELY SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, MEANS INSULATING SAID PAIR OF SUPPORT COLUMNS FROM SAID CAROSS BAR, A PLURALITY OF ELECTRODES PROJECTING TRANSVERSELU BETWEEN SAID COLUMNS IN A VERTICALLY SPACED-APART RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER WITHIN THE CONTAINER, A CONDUCTOR BAR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING FROM SAID CROSS MEMBER INTERMEDIATE SAID SUPPORT COLUMNS INTO THE CONTAINER, SAID CONDUCTOR MEMBER BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED AT ITS EXTENDING END TO SAID COLUMNS PAIR TO SUPPLY ELECTRIC CURRENT TO THE EXTENDING END OF SAID COLUMN PAIR AND THROUGH THEM TO THE ELECTRODES CARRIED THEREBY AT A LOCATION REMOTE FROM SAID CROSS MEMBER.