Patent ID: 8158202

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure, the method comprising: forming kneaded clay for forming to obtain a cylindrical cell structure having partition walls separating and forming a plurality of cells functioning as fluid passages: and applying an outer peripheral coat material so as to cover an outer periphery of the cell structure to form an outer peripheral coat layer, wherein in a state that both end faces of the cell structure are gripped by two gripping members in such a manner that an outside portion of at least one of the end faces is opened, the outer peripheral coat material is applied so as to cover the outer periphery of the cell structure and the outside portion of the at least one of the end faces that is opened, to form an outer peripheral coat portion disposed so as to cover the outer periphery of the cell structure and a protruding portion protruding outside from the at least one end face of the cell structure and disposed so as to cover the outside portion of the at least one of the end faces of the cell structure.