Patent ID: 8486234

Claim:
An apparatus for plating an object, comprising: a plating tank for holding a plating solution; an anode to be immersed in the plating solution in the plating tank; a holder for holding a plating object and disposing the plating object at a position opposite the anode; a paddle, disposed between the anode and the plating object held by the holder, which reciprocates parallel to the plating object to stir the plating solution; a pair of regulation plate-fixing slitted plates mounted to side walls of the plating tank at a position between the anode and the paddle, each regulation plate-fixing slitted plate of the pair of regulation plate-fixing slitted plates having a plurality of vertical slits arranged at a predetermined pitch along a respective one of the side walls of the plating tank; and a regulation plate having an opening to restrict broadening of electric field, each of the plurality of vertical slits being configured to receive a side end of the regulation plate such that the regulation plate is adjustably mounted to the plating tank by inserting each side end of the regulation plate into one of the plurality of vertical slits of a respective one of the pair of regulation plate-fixing slitted plates.