Patent ID: 6267856
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: C25D,H05K

Abstract:
A holding clamp for releasably holding a thickened planar article to be submerged in a liquid solution bath ahead of a submerged anode bar and to be electroplated therein, said holding clamp destined to downwardly depend from an overlying cathode frame bar, said holding clamp comprising:a) an elongated main arm member, made from an electrically conducting material, and defining first and second opposite end portions;b) a pair of first and second tubular bar members, each defining an outer end portion coated with a fluid-tight and electrically insulating sleeve and an opposite inner end portion, each bar member outer end portion having a transverse terminal stud projecting therefrom, said first bar member anchored at its said inner end portion to said main arm member first end portion parallel thereto;c) a rail member, integral to an intermediate section of said main arm member and slidably engaged by said second bar member inner end portion, wherein said second bar member is maintained by said rail member parallel to said first bar and wherein said second bar member is movable relative to said first bar member while continuously remaining parallel thereto, while the pair of said terminal studs remain coaxially aligned;d) a first biasing member, continuously biasing said first and second bar members toward one another; ande) a second biasing member, for discretely biasing said second bar member away from said first bar member, against the continuous bias of said first biasing member.