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(11) EP 0 149 763 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.08.1985 Bulletin 1985/34

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.07.1985 Bulletin 1985/31

(21) Application number: 84114440

(22) Date of filing: 29.11.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 29.11.1983 JP 22337583
24.04.1984 JP 8340284

(71) Applicant: Toho Beslon Co., Ltd.
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(72) Inventors:
  • Yamada, Kozo, engineer
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  • Tanaka, Takayuki, engineer
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  • Ohkita, Tadashi
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(54) Electroplating method for carbon fibers and apparatus therefor


(57) Performing continuous electric plating of a carbon fiber strand (5) in a plating bath (11), an electric current is supplied to the carbon fiber strand (5) in a liquid (12) or an inert gas outside the plating bath (11) and electric plating is performed in the plating bath using the carbon fiber strand (5) as the cathode.
A metal-coated carbon fiber strand having substantially no uneven color tone and plating defects may be obtained.







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