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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1979
Frank B Price, Jefferson County, CO (US);
Mathieu J Vertenstein, Denver, CO (US);
Silver Engineering Works, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to an electroplating electrode characterized by a drum having a longitudinally-extending groove therein that constitutes the groove of a first tongue and groove connector, the tongue of which comprises a second tongue and groove connector adapted for insertion into the groove of the first. The invention also encompasses the method of mounting an article to be plated on the drum of such an electrode which includes the steps of preshaping the article to define a drum-encircling portion thereof bearing a precise predetermined dimensional relationship to the outer circumference of the drum, clamping the edges of said article bordering said drum-encircling portion in the second of the two tongue and groove connectors to establish a continuous current path therearound, placing the endless loop thus formed around the drum of the electrode and depressing the tongue of the first tongue and groove connector defined by the second into the groove of the first to bring that drum-encircling portion of the article to be plated into intimate conductive contact.