Patent ID: 8444832

Claim:
Apparatus for the horizontal conveyance and for the electrolytic and/or electrically assisted wet chemical treatment of goods ( 1 ), comprising: a working tank ( 12 ) having wetting regions for providing a higher level of treatment liquid and a plurality of lower rotating conveying means ( 3 ) that are horizontally arranged and perpendicular to a transport direction ( 2 ) in such a manner that an underside side ( 10 ) of the goods ( 1 ) can be transported through the treatment liquid ( 11 ) while a top side ( 9 ) of the goods ( 1 ) remains dry, overflow regions in the form of down pipes ( 5 ) for providing a lower level of the treatment liquid ( 11 ) compared to the wetting regions, and a bottom ( 14 ); a plurality of contacts ( 6 ) configured to electrically contact the top side of the goods ( 1 ) during the transportation of the underside ( 10 ) through the treatment liquid ( 11 ), wherein contacts ( 6 ) in the overflow regions are arranged above the down pipes ( 5 ); and a lower tank ( 13 ) for receiving the treatment liquid ( 11 ) from the down pipes ( 5 ) through the bottom ( 14 ) of the working tank ( 12 ).