Plating apparatus, nozzle-anode unit, method of manufacturing plated member, and fixing apparatus for member to be plated

A method of manufacturing a plated member, comprising:

• a member-positioning step of immersing at least a part of a member to be plated in a plating solution in a plating bath;
• an anode-positioning step of moving an insoluble anode located in the plating bath so as to be more proximal to the member to be plated in the plating solution and of holding the insoluble anode at a first position;
• an applying step of applying a voltage between the insoluble anode and the member to be plated to form a plated film on the member;
• an anode-evacuating step of moving the insoluble anode so as to be more distal from the member formed thereon with the plated film and of holding the insoluble anode at a second position;
• and
• a member-recovering step of taking the member formed thereon with the plated film out of the plating solution to obtain the member as the plated member.

A fixing apparatus for fixing a member to be plated comprising two hollow portions, each of the two hollow portions having at least one aperture, the fixing apparatus comprising:

• a first rod-shaped body, one end of the first rod-shaped body being capable of being inserted into one of the two hollow portions from the aperture thereof;
• a second rod-shaped body, one end of the second rod-shaped body being capable of being inserted into the other of the two hollow portions from the aperture thereof;
• and
• a rod-shaped body-movably holding mechanism,
• wherein the rod-shaped body-movably holding mechanism allows the other ends of the first rod-shaped body and the second rod-shaped body to move both closer to each other and apart from each other and to be held in a condition of being biased to directions that the other ends are closer to each other and in a condition of being biased to directions that the other ends are apart from each other, so that the first rod-shaped body contacts with pressure at least two positions inside the one hollow portion and the second rod-shaped body contacts with pressure at least two positions inside the other hollow portion, and thereby the member to be plated is held by the first rod-shaped body and the second rod-shaped body.