Equipment for surface treatment of continuously, running strips particularly pickling equipment

Equipment for surface treatment of continuously passing strips, particularly pickling equipment wherein the strip runs in longitudinal direction through a horizontally arranged closed treatment channel, said treatment channel being arranged in a container enclosing the treatment channel, and further including a lid closing the container, the container provided for receiving the treatment medium being passed into and out of the treatment channel, the channel having an inlet and an outlet, the improvement comprising said treatment channel being bounded by a bottom of the container, by two inner walls of the container arranged on the bottom and constituting treatment channel walls, as well as by an intermediate cover;

• run off troughs established between the two inner walls and outer walls of the container, for receiving treatment medium;
• openings provided in the treatment channel walls;
• means for simultaneously spraying the treatment medium at the inlet and the outlet of the treatment channel, and through said openings;
• a collection chamber, and a separately provided storage container;
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• means for connecting the run-off troughs to the collection chamber through which the treatment medium can be fed to the separately provided storage container.