Plating rack

Claim 1

A RACK FOR USE IN AN ELECTROPLATING BATH COMPRISING A MAIN BUS BAR, AN AUXILIARY BUS BAR, DETACHABLE CLAMPING MEANS MAINTAINING SAID MAIN AND SAID AUXILIARY BUS BARS IN FIXED TRANSVERSE RELATIONSHIP, SAID CLAMPING MEANS HAVING TWO TWIN HALF MEMBERS, EACH OFF SAID HALF MEMBERS HAVING AN END BRACKET-LIKE PORTION ENGAGING AN ALIGNED PORTION OF SAID AUXILIARY BUS BAR, EACH OF SAID HALVES ALSO HAVING A SURFACE AREA OFFSET FROM SAID BRACKETLIKE PORTION DISPOSED PARALLEL THERETO AND ABUTTING AGAINST ONE SURFACE OF SAID MAIN BUS BAR, SAID TWIN HALF MEMBERS ALSO HAVING PROJECTING FLANGE PORTIONS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMALLY PROJECTING FROM SAID OFFSET SURFACE AREAS, SAID PROJECTING FLANGE PORTIONS BEING IN MUTUALLY ABUTTING RELATIONSHIP, AND MEANS FOR COMPRESSING SAID PROJECTING FLANGE PORTIONS TOGETHER WHEREBY SAID MAIN BUS BAR IS FRICTIONALLY SECURED IN IMMOVABLE RELATIONSHIP TO SAID CLAMP HALVES OFFSET SURFACE AREAS AND TO THE PORTION OF SAID AUXILIARY BUS BAR STRADDLED BY SAID CLAMPING MEANS BRACKET-LIKE END PORTIONS, SAID CLAMPING MEANS AND SAID AUXILIARY BUS BAR ENCOMPASSING AN ENTIRE PERPIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID MAIN BUS BAR.