Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 16th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 4th Feb., 1887.
I ALBERT FREDERICK HARRIS of South Street, Walsall, in the County of Stafford
Electro plater do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the wires, rods, hooks, or brackets, which are used for the
purpose of suspending such articles in the depositing bath that are intended to be
plated, or other parts in connection therewith, and has for its object the protection of
such parts except where required for metallic contact, so that no deposit takes place
thereon, but only upon the articles to be plated, except such small surfaces that may
be exposed for the purposes already named.
In present methods a very large amount of waste takes place owing to the fact that
not only are the articles intended to be plated coated, but also the suspending wires,
and other metallic surfaces in the bath in connection therewith; this however I obviate
by enamelling such parts, with a coating of enamel which protects their surfaces from
the depositing action of the apparatus.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Agent for the Applicant,

page_text: I ALBERT FREDERICK HARRIS of South Street, Walsall in the county of Stafford
Electro plater do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention relates to the insulating or protecting of the wires, rods, racks, hooks
or brackets, which are used for the purpose of suspending the articles that are intended
to be coated with an electro deposit, whilst in the bath, and has for its object the
protection of such parts except where metallic contact is required, so that no deposit
takes place thereon, but only upon the articles to be plated, except such small surfaces
that may be exposed for the purposes already named.
In present methods a very large amount of waste takes place owing to the fact that
not only are the articles intended to be coated, plated, but also the suspending wires,
and other metallic surfaces in the bath in connection, therewith.;. this however Í
obviate by covering, insulating, or enamelling such parts with a coating of enamel or
other insulating substance such as, varnish, gutta-percha, india-rubber, &c, which
prevents the depositing action of the bath-affecting such parts.
When protecting these parts by enamel such enamel would be placed upon the
surfaces in the ordinary manner and then a slight portion removed at such points where
metallic contact is required.
If these parts are protected by india-rubber, or gutta percha, at such points where
metallic contact is required, I should, make a small perforation through such coating,
and insert a piece of metal wire (or other form) and connect the said wire to the, rack
or bracket, the said wire being further formed suitable to suspend the articles to be
plated.
Where these surfaces are protected by varnish, I may adopt the previously described
method, but generally I may simply remove so much of the insulating material to
give metallic contact.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The improvements in electro depositing apparatus herein described, that is to say,
The covering, insulating, or protection of such metallic surfaces in the depositing
bath, which are not required to be plated, by means of coating such surfaces with
india-rubber, enamel, varnish, gutta percha or other substance having the quality of
insulation.