Patent ID: 6174418
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: C25D,H05K

Abstract:
A continuous plating apparatus for plating a planar article comprising:a plating bath compartment having a first wall and a second wall;a slit sized to receive the planar article into the plating bath compartment, said slit being provided liquid-tightly in the first wall;a rail having a V-shaped cross-section sized to support the planar article thereon in the plating bath compartment, said rail having two opposing sides;a plurality of rotational rollers and a plurality of drive rollers, said plurality of rotational rollers and said plurality of drive rollers being positioned vertically and disposed on both sides along said rail, wherein an upper end of each of said plurality of drive rollers is positioned to be slanted forward of a bottom end and adjacent positions of said plurality of rotational rollers and said plurality of drive rollers are mutually shifted up and down;an anode in the plating bath compartment;a shield plate in the plating bath compartment;a cylinder in operative communication with the anode; anda slit in the second wall placed to allow the planar article to exit from the plating bath compartment in the second wall, said slit being provided in the second wall liquid-tightly.