Improvements in Apparatus for the Electro-deposition of Metals.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Apparatus for the Electro-deposition of Metals.
I, JAMES HOLLOWAY, of 23, Coombe Terrace, Westcombe Park, in the County
of Kent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the process of coating surfaces in which the surface
is the cathode whilst the anode is in an instrument carrying the plating solu-
tion and moved over the surface.
The apparatus forming the subject of this invention consists of a hollow vessel
having a slot in its operative face, the anode being fixed centrally in the slot.
The vessel is filled with the plating solution the slot being covered with felt or
the like to prevent the solution from escaping too quickly and to strain it. Care
should be taken not to allow the anode to come into contact with the felt.
Preferably the vessel is made with a hollow handle through which the con-
ductor to the anode is led and to which a pipe can be connected to supply the
solution.
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Improvements in Apparatus for the Electro-deposition of Metals.
I, JAMES HOLLOWAY, of 23, Coombe Terrace, Westcombe Park, in the County
of Kent, 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 process of coating surfaces in which the surface
is the cathode whilst the anode is in an instrument carrying the plating solu-
tion and moved over the surface.
Care
The apparatus forming the subject of this invention consists of a hollow vessel
having a slot in its operative face, the anode being fixed centrally in the slot.
The vessel is filled with the plating solution the slot being covered with felt or
the like to prevent the solution from escaping too quickly and to strain it.
should be taken not to allow the anode to come into contact with the felt.
Preferably the vessel is made with a hollow handle through which the con-
ductor to the anode is led and to which a pipe can be connected to supply the
solution.
Figures 1 and 2 are longitudinal sections at right angles to each other of an

page_text: apparatus constructed according to this invention. Figure 3 is an end view with
the felt removed.
a is a hollow vessel having a stem a¹ provided with a cock b. The solution
is supplied by a flexible pipe (not shown) attached to the stem a¹. The nose
of the vessel a is slotted at a². c is the anode in the slot a² and fixed to the stem c¹
by bolts c. The stem c¹ has screw threads at its ends and is fixed in place by
nuts & bearing on plates tight joints being made by washers d². One end
of the stem is provided with a binding screw d³ for attaching the lead. e is
a covering of felt secured by a band e¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
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1. Having a space between the anode and the felt or the like.
2. Apparatus for the electro-deposition of metals substantially as described and
shown in the drawings
Dated this 10th day of May 1898.
JAMES HOLLOWAY.