Cathode agitator device

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IN AN ELECTROTREATING APPARATUS INCLUDING A SUPPORTING FRAME POSITIONED AT A TREATING STATION AND AN ELECTRIFIED ROD RECIPROCABLY MOUNTED ON THE FRAME FOR ELECTRIFYING AND RECIPROCABLY MOVING WORKPIECES SUSPENDED THEREFROM, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING PAIR OF BEARINGS MOUNTED IN LONGITUDINALLY SPACED ALIGNED RELATIONSHIP ON THE FRAME FOR SLIDABLY SUPPORTING THE END PORTIONS OF THE ROD, EACH OF SAID BEARINGS COMPRISING A HOUSING COMPOSED OF AN ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND INCLUDING A BEARING FACE FORMED WITH A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED END WALLS SEPARATED BY A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING INWARDLY DIRECTED CAVITY, A BEARING PAD COMPOSED OF A SOLID SELF-LUBRICATING MATERIAL REMOVABLY SEATED IN SAID CAVITY HAVING ITS OUTWARDLY DIRECTED BEARING SURFACE FORMED WITH A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING GROOVE FOR SLIDABLY RECEIVING THE ROD, THE LONGITUDINAL END EDGES OF SAID BEARING PAD TERMINATING AT A POINT SPACED FROM THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID END WALLS DEFINING THEREWITH A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED RESIDUE CAVITIES FOR RECEIVING THE WEAR-ABRASION PRODUCTS OF SAID BEARNG PAD AND THE ROD, COATING MEANS ON SAID BEARING PAD AND SAID HOUSING FOR RETAINING SAID BEARING PAD IN APPROPRIATE SPACED RELATIONSHIP FROM THE SAID END WALLS, AND COATING MEANS ON SAID HOUSING FOR SECURING EACH OF SAID BEARINGS IN A FIXED POSITION ON THE FRAME.