Patent ID: 11857934
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A viscous material stirring apparatus that is an apparatus for stirring a viscous material applied to workpieces, the viscous material stirring apparatus comprising:
a stirring member that is configured to rotate around a rotation axis and has a tip radially separated from the rotation axis;
a rotary actuator that is configured to rotate the stirring member about the rotation axis;
a moving mechanism that is configured to move the stirring member; and
a control device,
wherein the control device is configured so that
the moving mechanism is driven to immerse the tip of the stirring member in the applied viscous material, and
the rotary actuator is driven to rotate the stirring member about the rotation axis, and the moving mechanism is driven to move the stirring member along a coating direction of the viscous material with the tip of the stirring member immersed in the viscous material such that a movement locus of the tip of the stirring member in the viscous material is a series of a plurality of ellipses arranged in the coating direction of the viscous material.