Surface treatment device comprising a paddle for stirring a surface treatment solution, paddle for stirring a surface treatment solution and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11173513-B2
Application number	US-201916368225-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2019
Priority date	Apr 10, 2018
Publication date	Nov 16, 2021
Grant date	Nov 16, 2021

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a surface treatment device and a paddle with improved strength and uniform plating thickness by uniformly stirring surface treatment solution near an object to be plated. Also, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a surface treatment method capable of stirring for a long period of time, by uniformizing plating thickness, and by improving a strength of a paddle. A surface treatment device comprising at least one plateshaped paddle, in a surface treatment tank, for stirring surface treatment solution near an object to be plated by reciprocally moving the paddle with respect to the object to be plated, wherein the paddle is configured by integrally forming a plurality of square bars provided in depth direction of the surface treatment solution in the surface treatment tank along the object to be plated at regular intervals, and a square bar of the plurality of square bars is provided with a curved surface with respect to the object to be plated in a cross section in thickness direction of the square bar.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A surface treatment device comprising at least one paddle for stirring a surface treatment solution near an object to be plated by reciprocally moving the paddle with respect to the object to be plated the paddle located in a surface treatment tank,
wherein the paddle is configured by integrally forming a plurality of square bars provided in a depth direction of the surface treatment solution in the surface treatment tank, the plurality of square bars provided at regular intervals along the object to be plated,
a first square bar of the plurality of square bars is provided with a curved surface in a thickness direction of a cross-section of the first square bar, wherein the object to be plated has a surface which extends in a longitudinal direction, and the surface facing a first surface of the first square bar, and
the first square bar comprising:
the first surface facing and parallel to the surface of the object, which extends in the longitudinal direction, said first surface is formed with the curved surface,
a second surface of the first square bar facing in a direction orthogonal to the surface of the object, said second surface is formed with the curved surface, and
wherein the curved surface extends in the longitudinal direction over the first surface and the second surface, the curved surface is in a concave shape in a cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; and
a second square bar of the plurality of square bars is provided with a curved surface in a thickness direction of a cross-section of the second square bar,
the surface of the object to be plated facing a first surface of the second square bar, the first surface of the second square bar facing and parallel to the surface of the object to be plated, which extends in the longitudinal direction, said first surface of the second square bar is formed with a curved surface, a third surface of the second square bar facing in a direction orthogonal to the surface of the object and facing a second surface of the first square bar, said third surface of the second square bar is formed with the curved surface of the second square bar, and
wherein the curved surface of the second square bar extends in the longitudinal direction over the first surface of the second square bar and the third surface of the second square bar, the curved surface of the second square bar is in a concave shape in a cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.

2. The surface treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the curved surface of the first square bar is provided facing left and the curved surface of the second square bar is provided facing right with respect to the object to be plated.

3. The surface treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the regular intervals are formed such that each space between immediately adjacent square bars is 10 to 30 mm in distance along a x-direction.

4. The surface treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the first square bar or the second square bar comprises a side of 5 to 10 mm in length.

5. The surface treatment device according to claim 4 , wherein the curved surface of the first square bar or the second square bar comprises a radius of 3 to 10 mm.

6. The surface treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the paddle and the object to be plated is 10 to 30 mm.

7. The surface treatment device according to claim 1 , further comprising a powering means for reciprocally moving the paddle with a stroke of 50 to 200 mm, and with a moving speed of 35 to 600 mm/s.

8. The surface treatment device according to claim 1 , wherein the paddle is arranged at both sides of the object to be plated.

9. A paddle for stirring a surface treatment solution near an object to be plated by reciprocally moving the paddle with respect to the object to be plated, wherein the paddle is configured by integrally forming a plurality of square bars provided in one direction at regular intervals along the object to be plated, a first square bar of the plurality of square bars is provided with a curved surface in a cross section in a thickness direction of the first square bar, wherein the object to be plated has a surface which extends in a longitudinal direction, and the surface facing a first surface of the first square bar, and the first square bar comprising: the first surface facing and parallel to the surface of the object, which extends in the longitudinal direction, said first surface is formed with the curved surface of the first square bar, a second surface facing in a direction orthogonal to the surface of the object, said second surface is formed with the curved surface, and wherein the curved surface extends in the longitudinal direction over the first surface and the second surface of the first square bar, the curved surface is in a concave shape in a cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction;
a second square bar of the plurality of square bars is provided with a curved surface in a thickness direction of a cross-section of the second square bar, the surface of the object to be plated facing a first surface of the second square bar, the first surface of the second square bar facing and parallel to the surface of the object to be plated, which extends in the longitudinal direction, said first surface of the second square bar is formed with a curved surface, a third surface of the second square bar facing in a direction orthogonal to the surface of the object and facing a second surface of the first square bar, said third surface of the second square bar is formed with the curved surface of the second square bar, and wherein the curved surface of the second square bar extends in the longitudinal direction over the first surface of the second square bar and the third surface of the second square bar, the curved surface of the second square bar is in a concave shape in a cross section orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.

Assignees

• Uemura Kogyo Kk

Inventors

• Okuda Tomoji
• Matsuyama Daisuke
• Kiso Masayuki
• Hashimoto Daisuke
• Okada Akira
• Taniguchi Keita

Classifications

• B01F31/449

  Stirrers constructions · CPC title

• B01F31/441

  performing a rectilinear reciprocating movement · CPC title

• C25D17/02

  Tanks; Installations therefor · CPC title

• C25D17/00

  Constructional parts, or assemblies thereof, of cells for electrolytic coating · CPC title

• C25D21/10 Primary

  Agitating of electrolytes; Moving of racks · CPC title