Viscous material application apparatus
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a viscous material application apparatus capable of reliably applying an appropriate amount of a viscous material to a shaft-shaped member. A seal application apparatus ( 1 ) is provided with a flexible tubular nozzle ( 2 ), which is capable of discharging a sealing agent from an opening ( 6 ) formed on the tip thereof, and an actuator ( 3 ) for moving the nozzle ( 2 ). After or during discharge of the sealing agent by the nozzle ( 2 ), the tip of the nozzle ( 2 ) moves in the circumferential direction along the outer circumferential surface of a fastener ( 20 ), and as the nozzle ( 2 ) is stopping the discharge of the sealing agent, the tip of the nozzle ( 2 ) moves in a direction away from the outer circumferential surface of the fastener ( 20 ).
1. A viscous material application apparatus comprising:
tubular nozzle parts having flexibility and capable of discharging a viscous material from an opening formed at tips thereof; and
a drive part that moves the nozzle parts,
wherein the nozzle parts comprise:
a first nozzle part and a second nozzle part disposed opposite each other with a cylindrically-shaped member interposed therebetween,
wherein the first nozzle part and the second nozzle part each comprise:
a connecting portion that is connected to a supply source side for the viscous material, and a curved portion provided closer to the tips of the nozzle parts than the connecting portion formed such that a central axis of the nozzle parts is curved along an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrically-shaped member, and
wherein after or while the nozzle parts discharge the viscous material, the nozzle parts having flexibility bend, and the tips of the nozzle parts move in a circumferential direction along an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrically-shaped member, and while the nozzle parts stop discharge of the viscous material, the tips of the nozzle parts move in a direction away from the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrically-shaped member.
2. The viscous material application apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the tips of the nozzle parts are inclined with respect to a discharge direction of the viscous material and are open in a direction inclined toward a side opposite to the cylindrically-shaped member side or a direction inclined toward the cylindrically-shaped member side.