Patent ID: 7534329
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: C25D

Abstract:
1. A frame for holding a metal sheet material taut, comprising: a support, and exactly two legs which extend essentially parallel to one another transversely from the support, on which legs fixing means are provided for fixing, each one of the opposing edges of a piece of metal sheet material thereto so that the sheet is held taut under a tensile pretension, wherein, at least one of the legs can be moved along the support towards and away from the other leg, compensation means are provided to compensate for stretch and/or shrinkage of the piece of sheet material fixed between the legs to hold the sheet taut under a tensile pretension, and the compensation means comprise a spring member, one end of which is able to bear on a fixed point on the support and the other end of which interacts with the movable leg.