Vacuum metallisation arrangement for materials in sheet form

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR SUCCESSIVELY METALLISING UNDER VACUUM THE SURFACES OF MATERIALS IN SHEET FORM, A VACUUM METALLISATION TANK, A FIRST MAGAZINE CONTAINED IN SAID TANK FOR HOLDING THE SHEETS TO BE TREATED, A SECOND MAGAZINE CONTAINED IN SAID TANK FOR HOLDING THE TREATED SHEETS, A PLURALITY OF FRAMES EACH CAPABLE OF HOLDING AT LEAST ONE SHEET TO BE TREATED RECEIVABLE IN SAID MAGAZINES, AND MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING SAID FRAMES FROM SAID FIRST MAGAZINE TO SAID SECOND MAGAZINE, SAID MAGAZINES EACH COMPRISING VERTICAL GUIDES BETWEEN WHICH SAID FRAMES ARE DISPOSED HORIZONTALLY ONE ABOVE THE OTHER AND ENABLING SAID FRAMES TO BE DISPLACED VERTICALLY, SAID GUIDES COMPRISING LATERAL MEMBERS ON WHICH SAID FRAMES ARE POSITIONED AT A SMALL DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER, SAID MEMBERS BEING CAPABLE OF BEING DISPLACED VERTICALLY BY STEPS CORRESPONDING TO THE DISTANCE SEPARATING ONE MEMBER FROM THE OTHER.