Device for holding and moving chains for liquid treatment thereof

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR SUBJECTING CHAINS TO LIQUID TREATMENT SUCH AS ELECTROPLATING OPERATIONS, AN IMPROVED CHAIN-HOLDING AND MOVING DEVICE COMPRISING, A SPOOL COMPRISING A CORE WITH TWO END RIMS AND AT LEAST ONE CENTRALLY POSITIONED DISK EXTENDING PERIHERALLY FROM THE CORE, CONDUCTOR MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH THE CORE BETWEEN THE RIMS THEREOF, EACH OF SAID RIMS COMPORISING A CONDUCTOR ELEMENT WITH A CENTRAL PORTION MAKING ELECRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID CONDUCTOR MEANS AND WITH PORTIONS EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM THE CENTRAL PORTION TO APPROXIMATELY THE EDGE THEREOF, THE CONDUCTOR ELEMENTS OF SAID RIMS AND SAID CORE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY COVERED WITH ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTING MATERIAL, A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING HOOK MEANS EXTENDING FROM THE CONDUCTOR ELEMENTS OF A FIRST OF SAID RIMS TOWARD THE SECOND RIM, A SIMILAR NUMBER OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING HOOK MEANS ON SAID SECOND RIM WHEREBY A CHAIN MAY BE SUSPENDED BETWEEN SAID RIMS BY ATTACHING THE END REGIONS THEREOF TO A PAIR OF SAID HOOKS ON OPPOSITE RIMS, SAID CENTRALLY POSITIONED DISK COMPRISING A CONDUCTOR ELEMENT EXTENDING FROM THE CONDUCTING MEANS ON SAID CORE TO THE PERIPHERY OF THE DISK, PORTIONS OF THE SIAD CENTRALLY LPOSITIONED DISK BETWEEN THE CORE CONDUCTING MEANS AND ADJACENT TO BUT SHORT OF THE PERIPHERY BEING COVERED BY ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTING MATERIAL.