Apparatus for electro treating

Claim 1

IN A SYSTEM FOR ELECTRO TREATING A WORK MATERIAL OF INDEFINITE LENGTH AND IN THE NATURE OF A FLEXIBLE OR STRETCH ABLE MATERIAL, A SERIES OF TREATMENT STATIONS DEFINING A TREATMENT LINE FOR TREATING THE MATERIAL, A DRIVEN ROLL AT AN ENTRY END OF SAID TREATMENT LINE AND A DRIVEN ROLL AT A DELIVERY END THEREOF ENGAGING SUCCESSIVE PORTIONS OF THE WORK MATERIAL TO ADVANCE IT ALONG SAID TREATMENT LINE, SAID DRIVEN ROLLS HAVING MEANS EFFECTING AN IMPOSITIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORK MATERIAL AND THE SPEED OF SAID ROLLS BEING COORDINATED TO ADVANCE THE WORK MATERIAL ALONG SAID LINE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY TENSION-FREE CONDITION, A CONVEYOR OPERATIVELY POSITIONED ALONG SAID LINE, A PLURALITY OF OPEN-END HANGERS CARRIED IN A LONGITUDINALLYSPACED RELATION ON SAID CONVEYOR TO PICK-UP SUCCESSIVE PORTIONS OF THE WORK MATERIAL AT THE ENTRY END OF SAID LINE AND GUIDABLY-SUPPORT AND MOVE WITH SUCH SUCCESIVE PORTIONS DURING THE ADVANCE OF THE WORK MATERIAL ALONG SAID LINE, AND MEANS PROGRESSIVELY DISENGAGING SAID HANGERS THROUGH THEIR OPEN ENDS FROM THE SUCCESSIVE PORTIONS OF THE WORK MATERIAL ADJACENT THE DELIVERY END OF SAID LINE AND BEING AGAIN RETURNED BY SAID CONVEYOR TO THE ENTRY END OF SAID LINE.