Patents by Inventor Herbert E. Biber

Herbert E. Biber has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of eliminating a fern-like pattern during electroplating of metal strip
    Patent number: 4822457
    Abstract: A method is provided for eliminating a fern-like pattern on metal strip being electroplated with metal or metal-alloy coatings. The method includes contacting the to be plated surface of the strip with sufficient additional electrolyte solution to substantially eliminate non-uniformity of a film carried thereon from a prior treatment, such additional electrolyte being in contact with said surface for at least 0.1 second prior to and continuing until arrival of said surface at a point directly facing the adjacent edge of a first electrically energized anode within an electrolytic cell for the plating thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: USX Corporation
    Inventors: Herbert E. Biber, Chang D. Kim, Larry E. Pfister