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Masking of elongate three dimensional objects for the exposure of preselected areas for surface treatment
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Inventors: Sebastien, Leslie;
Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited (Montreal, CA)
Primary Examiner: Niebling; John F.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Jelly; Sidney T.
Surface treatment, for example precious metal plating, on preselected areas of elongate three dimensional objects is obtained by applying a masking member, at least to the ends of the objects. The masking member has a shape such that when the objects are inserted into bores in the member, predetermined areas are exposed where the bores open out through the member. A typical shape is a dumb-bell shape, with the central web portion of the same dimension as the bores. Thus the bores break through. The objects, for example terminal pins, are mounted on a support strip in spaced array and a plurality of masking members attached prior to passing through treatment tanks, for example plating tanks. The masking members are then removed. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A masking member for masking at least an end portion of elongate pins, said masking member being of a flat, platelike form having top and bottom edges and including a plurality of parallel bores extending from said top edge towards said bottom edge, each bore of a size to be a close sliding fit on a pin; the masking member having a vertical cross-section with a thickened portion at top and bottom connected by a thinner central, waisted, portion, the waisted portion at least on one side extending inward to coincide with said bores, a plurality of apertures being formed in said waisted portion, an aperture connecting with each bore.
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A masking member as claimed in claim 1, said bores being of rectangular cross-section.
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A masking member as claimed in claim 2, said bores being of square cross-section.
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A masking member as claimed in claim 2, the thickness of the waisted portion at least no greater than the transverse dimension of the bores in a direction normal to the length of the member, a plurality of apertures being formed on each side of said waisted portion, an aperture on each side connecting with each bore.
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A masking member as claimed in claim 1, said bores having longitudinal axes spaced apart a predetermined distance from each other, the distance between the longitudinal axis of an end bore and an adjacent end surface of the masking member no greater than half said predetermined distance.
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A method of plating preselected localised areas of an end portion of alongate pins, comprising: spacing the pins on a bandolier strip, the longitudinal axis of the pins being parallel; applying a masking member to the ends of a plurality of pins, the masking member in the form of a flat platelike member having top and bottom edges and a plurality of bores extending from said top edge, each bore being a close sliding fit on a pin, the masking member including a central, waisted, portion of reduced thickness no greater than the transverse dimension of a pin whereby an aperture connecting with each bore is defined; feeding said bandolier and said pins through at least one plating tank, and applying a plating solution to said masking members, the plating solution contacting said pins through said apertures
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