Electrically-conductive support rack system and method
AssigneeSpringbok, Inc.
InventorsSamuel L. Van Horn, Daniel L. Van Horn
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Abstract
An support rack system, which may be electrically conductive, has one or more generally horizontal crossbars. Each crossbar has a front face and a spaced-apart rear face. Each of the crossbar faces is interconnected at one or more spaced-apart locations to reveal at least one pocket. The crossbar faces are matingly connected adjacent at least one of the pockets. The mating connection of the crossbars has at least one aperture penetrating therethrough. The rack system also has one or more generally parallel, vertically oriented support bars. At least one of the support bars bears a mechanism adapted to attach said crossbars to said support bar with one or more of the crossbar aperture or the crossbar pocket.
Claims29
A horizontal crossbar for use in a support rack system of one or more generally horizontal crossbars carried by one or more generally vertical support bars, said horizontal crossbar comprising:
- a crossbar having a front face, a pair of ends, and a spaced-apart rear face, each of said faces being interconnected at one or more spaced-apart points to reveal pockets between said points, the ends of said faces being conformingly pinched together adjacent to at least one of said pockets to prohibit coating medium from penetrating thereinside, at least one of said pinches having at least one aperture penetrating therethrough for attachment of the crossbar to a vertical support bar.
A support rack system, which comprises:
- (a) one or more generally horizontal crossbars, each crossbar having a front face, a pair of ends, and a spaced-apart rear face, each of said faces being interconnected at one or more spaced-apart points to reveal pockets between said points, the ends of said faces being conformingly pinched together adjacent to at least one of said pockets, said pinches having at least one aperture penetrating therethrough;
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- (b) one or more generally parallel, vertically oriented support bars, at least one of said support bars bearing a mechanism adapted to attach said crossbars to said support bar using one or more of said crossbar aperture or said crossbar pocket.
A method for assembling a support rack system, which comprises the steps of:
- (a) providing one or more generally horizontal crossbars, each crossbar having a front face, a pair of ends, and a spaced-apart rear face, each of said faces being interconnected at one or more spaced-apart points to reveal pockets between said points, the ends of said faces being conformingly pinched together adjacent to at least one of said pockets, said pinches having at least one aperture penetrating therethrough;
- (b) providing one or more generally parallel, vertically oriented support bars, at least one of said support bars bearing a mechanism adapted to attach said crossbars to said support bar using one or more of said crossbar aperture or said crossbar pocket;
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- (c) attaching said one or more crossbars to said one or more support bars with said mechanism attached to one or more of said crossbar aperture or said crossbar pocket.
Method for industrial coating of workpieces hung from support racks which racks are affixed to a conveyor, which comprises the steps of:
- (a) providing a support rack system, which comprises:
- (i) one or more generally horizontal crossbars, each crossbar having a front face, a pair of ends, and a spaced-apart rear face, each of said faces being interconnected at one or more spaced-apart points to reveal pockets between said points, the ends of said faces being conformingly pinched together adjacent to at least one of said pockets, said pinches having at least one aperture penetrating therethrough;
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- (ii) one or more generally parallel, vertically oriented support bars, at least one of said support bars bearing a mechanism adapted to attach said crossbars to said support bar using one or more of said crossbar aperture or said crossbar pocket;
- (b) hanging a workpiece from at least one of said crossbars;
- (c) hanging said rack system from a conveyor;
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- (d) subjecting said workpiece to industrial coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.