Plating rack

A terminal means for use on an electrical bus-bar or the like comprising in combination:

• (a) an elongated member of electrical conducting material, said elongated member adapted for securing to said bus-bar so as to extend outwardly therefrom;
• (b) a first sleeve of electrical conducting material over a first portion of said elongated member and engageable with said bus-bar;
• (c) a second sleeve of electrical conducting material over a second portion of said elongated member;
• (d) a third sleeve of non-electrical conducting material slideable over said first sleeve;
• (e) a fourth sleeve of non-electrical conducting material slideable over said second sleeve;
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• (f) means associated with said elongated member providing clamping action whereby to clamp an article with said first and second sleeves while said article is on said elongated member and located intermediate said first and second sleeves, said means while providing said clamping action urging said third and fourth sleeves toward said article and provide a seal therewith.

A rack intended to be placed in a fluid, for use in plating a printed circuit board or other like article having a pair of electrical conducting surfaces insulated from one another, comprising in combination:

• (a) at least one tubular member of non electrical conducting material;
• (b) a bus-bar or the like of electrical conducting material disposed within the at least one tubular member;
• (c) at least one terminal means comprising an elongated member of electrical conducting material secured to said bus-bar and extending outwardly therefrom through a portion of said member;
• a first sleeve, such having a pair of end faces and comprising electrical conducting material, said first sleeve being over and engaging a first portion of said elongated member and engaging said bus-bar;
• a second sleeve, such having a pair of end faces and comprising electrical conducting material, said second sleeve being over and engaging a second portion of said elongated member and spaced from said first sleeve;
• a third sleeve, such having a pair of end faces and comprising non-electrical conducting material, said third sleeve being over and slidably engaging said first sleeve;
• a fourth sleeve, such having a pair of end faces and comprising non-electrical conducting material, said fourth sleeve being over and slidably engaging said second sleeve;
• and means associated with said elongated member for clamping said article with said first and second sleeves while said article is on said elongated member in said space intermediate said first and second sleeves, said means while providing said clamping, urging, in cooperation with resilient seal means intermediate said third sleeve end face and said tubular member and intermediate said fourth sleeve end face and said means associated with said elongated member, said third and fourth sleeves toward and against said article.

A terminal means for use on an electrical bus-bar or the like comprising in combination:

• (a) an elongated member of electrical conducting material, said elongated member adapted for securing to said bus-bar so as to extend outwardly thereform;
• (b) a first sleeve of electrical conducting material, for extending over and engaging a first portion of said elongated member and engageable with said bus-bar;
• (c) a second sleeve of electrical conducting material for extending over and engaging a second portion of said elongated member;
• (d) a third sleeve of non-electrical conducting material for extending over and slideably engaging said first sleeve;
• (e) a fourth sleeve of non-electrical conducting material for extending over and slideably engaging said second sleeve;
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• (f) means associated with said elongated member for providing clamping action whereby to clamp an article with said first and second sleeves while said article is on said elongated member and located intermediate said first and second sleeves, said means including first resilient seal means on said first sleeve whereby to abut said third sleeve in spaced relation to said bus-bar and second resilient seal means on said second sleeve whereby to abut said fourth sleeve and said means associated with said elongated member, said means while providing said clamping action, urging, in cooperation with said first and second resilient seal means said third and fourth sleeves toward said article and provide a seal therewith.