Oerlikon Surface Solutions Ag, Pfaffikon

Phillip Joel Laforce

Remo Vogel

Robert Eugene Stewart

Fixture () for exposing two opposite ends of an object to be coated () to a vapor deposition while masking an intermediate portion () of the object against being coated, comprising an object holding device (OHD), whereas the object holding device (OHD) consists of at least one battery () of hole plate strips () which are designed and arranged that way that each single hole (retaining hole; H) is formed by a pair of hole plate strips () that way that the first segment () of the hole (H) is embodied by the preceding hole plate strip () and that the second segment () of the hole (H) is embodied by the subsequent hole plate strip ().

Fixture for coating of double-ended tools

A holding device for fastening bar cutters in order for the cutting edges thereof to be coated, wherein the fastening is configured in such a way that a plurality of bar cutters can be arranged in a row such that the cutting faces and tips thereof have the same orientation, and the holding device includes a screen which at least partially protects the cutting faces from the coating, wherein, with bar cutters arranged in a row in the manner described, the top edge of the screen projects beyond the knife tips in such a way that no knife tips protrude.

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Taylor, MI, United States of America

Phillip Joel Laforce