Patent ID: 8545687

Claim:
Apparatus for the electrolytic treatment of a plate-shaped product (L), which is disposed in the apparatus and has a substantially planar treatment surface, wherein the apparatus is adapted such that the product is immersed into a treatment agent while being disposed in a vertical orientation and comprises: i) devices for retaining the product in the apparatus, ii) one or a plurality of electrolytic treatment flow devices, which each includes one or a plurality of nozzles that are fixedly disposed situated opposite the product, said one or plurality of nozzles forming a nozzle field, iii) one or a plurality of counter electrodes, which are inert relative to the treatment agent and are disposed in parallel relationship to the treatment surface, iv) means for generating a relative movement of the product in a direction parallel to the flow devices and the counter electrodes wherein the relative movement is a movement in a plane parallel to a treatment surface, wherein the relative movement is an oscillating movement, and wherein the means for generating the relative movement are adapted such that the relative movement takes place in two directions that are orthogonal to each other, and wherein the nozzle field includes an edge region and a center region, wherein nozzles disposed in the edge region are adapted to direct an electrolytic treatment flow jet in an inward direction.