Patent ID: 9309603
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: C25D

Claim Text:
1. Plating apparatus, comprising: a vessel for holding a bath of plating liquid; a rinsing frame on the vessel; a head having a rotor for holding and rotating a work piece; a seal on the rotor; a head lifter attached to the head; and a seal cleaning assembly including a pivot arm having a first end and a second end, a contactor on the second end of the pivot arm, and an arm actuator linked to the pivot arm for moving the pivot arm from a retracted position to a deployed position, with the contactor in physical contact with the seal when the head lifter holds the rotor at a first position over the vessel and the pivot arm is in the deployed position; and with the first end of the pivot arm pivotally supported inside of the rinsing frame in both the deployed position and in the retracted position.