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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:
Sep. 25, 1990
Filed:
May. 23, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harold E Fuchs, Kansas City, MO (US);
Robert E McAnany, Kansas City, MO (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D / ; C25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 28 ; 204206 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for plating metal onto wire or ribbon. The wire or ribbon is wrapped around two or more barrels with grooves formed around the outside surface. The barrel is immersed within an appropriate electroless or electroplating solution, and rotated at a speed depending upon the immersion time needed for a particular desired plated thickness.