Patent ID: 6021738
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: C23C

Abstract:
In an apparatus for vaporized metal coating of objects by vacuum deposition including a vacuum chamber, means for establishing a vacuum in said chamber, carriage means moveable into and from said chamber for supporting the objects within said chamber, said movable carriage means also for receiving alignment and support from spaced apart guide rails connected to an interior surface of said chamber, elongated conductive electrode bar means supported on said moveable carriage means for vaporizing a metal in electrical communication with said conductive bar means within said chamber for deposit onto substantially all exposed surfaces of the objects, the improvement comprising:mateing male and female conductors, said male conductor electrically and supportively connected to one end of said electrode bar means, said female conductor supportively connected to and electrically isolated from a rear wall of said chamber;said male and female conductors structured for self-aligning and automatic substantially full connection one to another when said moveable carriage means is substantially fully positioned into said vacuum chamber.