Apparatus for coating simultaneously a plurality of separate metal articles

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR COATING BY ELECTRODEPOSITION CONNECTOR WIRE PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM ONE FACE OF A DISC TYPE STEM ASSEMBLY, COMPISING A TANK FOR CONTAINING AA COATING BATH THEREIN, A FLAT COMPOSITE HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED STRUCTURE INCLUDING A FLAT TRAY AND A FLAT ELECTRODE CONTACT ASSEMBLY REMOVABLY FIXED TO SAID TRAY AND DEFINING A SPACE THEREBETWEEN FOR RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF DISC TYPE STEM ASSEMBLIES, SAID TRAY HAVING A SURFACE ENGAGING PORTIONS OF THE DISCS OF SAID ASSEMBLIES, SAID TRAY HAVING APERTURES IN SAID SURFACE THROUGH WHICH SAID CONNECTOR WIRE PORTIONS ARE ADAPTED TO EXTEND, SAID ELECTRODE CONTACT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ELECTRODE CONTACT HAVING A CONDUCTING SURFACE FOR ENGAGING THE FREE ENDS OF PRONG WIRE PORTIONS OF SAID ASSEMBLIES, A YIELDABLE MATERIAL ENGAGING A SURFACE OF SAID CONTACT OPPOSITE TO SAID CONDUCTING SURFACE, SAID CONDUCTING SURFACE BEING YIELDABLE AGANIST SAID YIELDABLE MATERIAL FOR ACCOMMODATING SAID SURFACE TO PRONG WIRES OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS AND FOR URGING SAID DISCS AGAINST SAID TRAY SURFACE, AND MEANS FIXED TO A SURFACE OF SAID ELECTRODE CONTACT ASSEMBLY OPPOSITE SAID CONDUCTING SURFACE FOR REMOVABLY SUPPORTING SAID COMPOSITE STRUCTURE HORIZONTALLY IN SAID CONTAINER, AND FOR ROTATING SAID COMPOSITE STRUCTURE ON A VERTICAL AXIS, WHEREBY SAID CONNECTOR WIRES ONLY, ARE ADAPTED TO EXTEND INTO SAID BATH AND SAID ASSEMBLIES ARE SECURELY SUPPORTED ON SAID COMPOSITE STRUCTURE FOR ADVANTAGEOUSLY COATING SAID CONNECTOR WIRE PORTIONS.