Patent ID: 6165330
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: C25D,H05K

Abstract:
A continuous plating apparatus for plating a planar article comprising: a plating tank; a plating bath provided in said plating tank; an anode; a cathode; a horizontally extending rail provided in a lower portion of the plating bath for supporting the planar article; a plurality of vertically extending rotary shafts provided on opposite sides of the rail; a plurality of rollers provided on each of the vertically extending rotary shafts, some of the rollers being electrically connected to the cathode; a support base provided at one side of the rail for rotatably supporting a lower end of the rotary shafts, and a support plate provided at an upper portion of said plating tank for securing an upper end of the rotary shafts which are rotatably supported by the support base, said support plate being movable in a direction to and away from the rotary shafts provided on the opposite side of the rail.