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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2002
Egon Hubel, Feucht, DE;
Atotech Deutschland GmbH, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to carriers serving to supply current to workpieces to be treated electrolytically or counter-electrodes and a method for the electrolytic treatment of workpieces. The carriers according to the invention comprise at least three elongate electric current conductors, disposed parallel to one another, a first current conductor being configured in such a way that the workpieces or counter-electrodes can, for supplying electric current or for mechanical attachment, be attached to the conductor directly or via holding devices, respectively a second to nth current conductor is provided, the second current conductor being connected to the first current conductor, the third current conductor to the second current conductor etc. via respectively at least one electrically conductive connection, in such a way that electric resistances existing between connections between the first and the second current conductor on the one hand and connections between the (n−1)th and the nth current conductor on the other hand are of the same size, and the nth current conductor is connected to the (n−1)th current conductor via an electrically conductive connection roughly in the centre of the (n−1)th current conductor and electric power leads are provided from a current source at at least one end of the nth current conductor.