Patent ID: 8303783

Claim:
An apparatus for improving the corrosion resistance of chrome plated materials comprising: a line for receiving and processing materials to be chrome plated; 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 materials to be chrome plated along the line from the one entrance end to the other exit end during processing; at least one mechanical device intermediate the one entrance end and the other exit end for abrasively polishing the materials to be chrome plated to a finish which leaves integral strands, filaments or “fine hairs” of microscopic size attached; at least one station intermediate the at least one mechanical device and the other exit end for plating the materials to be chrome plated; at least one high-pressure liquid sprayer for removing the attached microscopic size integral strands, filaments or “fine hairs” of the materials to be chrome plated intermediate the at least one mechanical device and the at least one station for plating the materials to be chrome plated; an applicator, intermediate the at least one station for plating the materials to be chrome plated and the other exit end, for applying a non-thermosetting buffing compound to the chrome plated materials by spraying it onto the chrome plated materials, without prior heat treatment of the chrome plated materials; a heater for heating the chrome plated materials after applying the buffing compound; and at least one buffer for buffing the heated chrome plated materials after the buffing compound has been both applied and heated.