US 11,939,690 B2
Portable and modular production electroplating system
Kraig A. Tabor, East Troy, WI (US); Thomas L. Kassouf, Port Washington, WI (US); Ricardo M. Guedes, Kenosha, WI (US); Greg P. Formella, Germantown, WI (US); Alan J. Birschbach, Pleasant Prairie, WI (US); Peter W. Eisch, West Allis, WI (US); Garry L. Dillon, Kenosha, WI (US); Chad J. Kaschak, Oak Creek, WI (US); and Michael G. Gentile, Grayslake, IL (US)
Assigned to Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US)
Filed by Snap-on Incorporated, Kenosha, WI (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/239,759.
Application 16/239,759 is a division of application No. 15/472,606, filed on Mar. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,294,579.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/331,709, filed on May 4, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/318,391, filed on Apr. 5, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0136402 A1, May 9, 2019
Int. Cl. C25D 21/08 (2006.01); C25D 5/08 (2006.01); C25D 17/00 (2006.01); C25D 17/02 (2006.01); C25D 17/04 (2006.01); C25D 17/06 (2006.01); C25D 17/08 (2006.01); C25D 17/10 (2006.01); C25D 21/10 (2006.01); C25D 21/12 (2006.01)
CPC C25D 21/08 (2013.01) [C25D 5/08 (2013.01); C25D 17/00 (2013.01); C25D 17/02 (2013.01); C25D 17/04 (2013.01); C25D 17/06 (2013.01); C25D 17/08 (2013.01); C25D 17/10 (2013.01); C25D 21/10 (2013.01); C25D 21/12 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for electroplating an object, comprising:
causing a solution to flow from a supply source to a first rinse tank that is disposed on a movable frame;
allowing the solution to flow from the first rinse tank to a second rinse tank that is disposed on the movable frame;
using a rack to place the object in a plating tank that is disposed on the movable frame, wherein the rack is coupled to the movable frame and selectively disposable above each of the first rinse tank, second rinse tank, and plating tank;
electroplating the object in the plating tank;
after electroplating the object in the plating tank, placing the object in the second rinse tank;
rinsing the object in the second rinse tank;
after rinsing the object in the second rinse tank, placing the object in an acid cleaning tank that is disposed on the movable frame; and
after placing the object in the acid cleaning tank, placing the object in the first rinse tank.