Nonsymmetrical hexagonal electroplating barrel
OwnerAlbert Singletoninventor
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Abstract
A nonsymmetrical electroplating barrel having two end pieces and six sides, one side being a door opening suitable for loading and unloading the barrel. The door opening having a width greater than each of the other five sides. The two sides closest to the door opening being of the same width but being of a smaller width than the door and the other three sides. The three sides farthest from the door being of uniform width. The purpose of the dimensional limitations is to increase the inside volume of the electroplating barrel while using a conventional pair of end pieces thereby allowing the larger volume barrel to be substituted in conventional sizes of electroplating tanks.
Claims13
An electroplating barrel assembly of polypropylene adapted for use in electroplating in combination with electrodes bounded by two end pieces and five foraminous side panels joined along their edges to form a closed polygonal enclosure having one side opening,
- the side opening having a width greater than the width of any of the side panels and being adapted to receive a door to completely enclose anything within the barrel,
- the width of the two side panels adjacent the side opening being less than the width of at least half the remaining side panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.