Patent ID: 7037373

Claim:
An apparatus for improving the corrosion resistance of chrome plated materials comprising: a line for receiving and processing chrome plated materials; the line having at a position therealong, an entrance at one, entrance end and an exit at another, exit end, opposed to the one entrance end; a mechanism for moving the received chrome plated materials along the line from the one entrance end to the other exit end during processing; an applicator intermediate the one entrance end and the other exit end for applying a non-thermosetting buffing compound to said chrome plated materials prior to any heat treatment of the chrome plated materials; a heater for heating both the chrome plated materials and the non-thermosetting buffing compound; and at least one buffer for collectively buffing the heated chrome plated materials and the non-thermosetting buffing compound after the non-thermosetting buffing compound has been both applied and heated.