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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1999
Hideyuki Kobayashi, Mishima-shi, Shizouka-ken, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A product conveying mechanism is provided for an electroplating device which electroplates a thin-wall ribbonlike product such as a printed wiring board given to be plated. It suspends the product from the upper part thereof nipped with a jig supported laterally movably by a cathode bar and conveys the product laterally in an electrolyte solution held in a tank meanwhile feeding an electric current from the cathode bar via the jig to the product through the upper part thereof. The product conveying mechanism is particularly furnished with a jig of striking originality combining the function of nipping a product and the function of feeding an electric current to the product. The jig (,) supported laterally movably by a cathode bar (,) is so constructed as to electroplate a thin-wall ribbonlike product such as a printed wiring board given to be plated by nipping the product in the upper part and suspending the produce from the nipped upper part and laterally conveying the product in an electrolyte solution (B) held in a tank (,) while feeding an electric current from the cathode bar to the upper part of the product through the jig. Thus, the jig (,) combines the function of nipping the product and the function of feeding an electric current to the product.