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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2002
Lawrence P. Donovan, Iii, Lowell, MI (US);
David P. Hartrick, Lowell, MI (US);
John A. Piselli, Ionia, MI (US);
Brian Ellison, Lowell, MI (US);
Lawrence P. Donovan, III, Lowell, MI (US);
David P. Hartrick, Lowell, MI (US);
John A. Piselli, Ionia, MI (US);
Brian Ellison, Lowell, MI (US);
Lacks Enterprises, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A processing rack, such as for electroplating, which minimizes shelf areas of an article during processing of the article and during removal of the article from a processing bath and which allows easy mounting of articles on the rack and demounting of articles from the rack includes a frame and a plurality of article mounting fixtures that are each pivotally mounted on the frame and independently pivotable from a first orientation that facilitates mounting and/or demounting of articles, to a second orientation that is most conducive to producing high quality, substantially defect-free plating.