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Molded plating mask

  • US 4,404,080 A
  • Filed: 03/22/1982
  • Issued: 09/13/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/22/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A plating mask having a first resilient layer forming a sealing face for facing contact with a surface to be plated, a backing structure supporting said sealing face, said backing structure comprising first and second planar rigidizing support members with a second resilient layer therebetween, first electrolyte fluid passageways extending through said first and second planar support members and said second resilient layer and said sealing face, to selected areas of said surface, second electrolyte passageways in said second resilient layer generally transverse to, and in communication with, said first passageways, said plating mask formed by the process of molding a resilient material between front and back molds held apart by removable spacers, said front and back molds containing therebetween first and second forms to exclude said resilient material from the passageways, the first forms creating said first passageways and being mounted on said front mold and the second forms creating said passageways and being held in place by being fastened in the first forms, said second planar support member being disposed between said first and second forms.

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