Patent ID: 7238264

Claim:
In a galvanizing device having at least one jet cell with electrolyte pumped through under high pressure, through which a work piece to be galvanized is passed, the galvanizing device having a contact zone located after the jet cell in the direction of transportation and at least one partition separating the jet cell from the contact zone, and a seal surrounding the work piece, the improvement comprising: a plastic pre-baffle attached to and surrounding the outlet of the jet cell, the pre-baffle having two opposing side walls with two coaxial openings formed in the opposing side walls, the openings slightly larger than an outer dimension of the work piece to slow the high pressure electrolyte stream leaving the jet cell thereby creating back pressure within the jet cell; and the seal situated at the outlet of the jet cell to precisely align with an outer perimeter of the work piece and having a non-contact opening slightly larger than an outer perimeter of the work piece, so that electrolyte adhering to an outer perimeter of the work piece is stripped off without contact.