Stirring apparatus

A stirring apparatus comprising:

• a storage portion configured to store a container;
• a stirring unit configured to perform a stirring operation for the container stored in the storage portion such that a liquid contained in the container is stirred;
• and
• a notification unit configured to notify a user not to extract the container stored in the storage portion during the stirring operation.

A stirring apparatus comprising:

• a storage portion configured to store a container;
• a stirring unit configured to perform a stirring operation for the container stored in the storage portion such that a liquid contained in the container is stirred;
• and
• a notification unit configured to perform a notification to a user to promote exchange of the container stored in the storage portion,
• wherein the notification unit does not perform the notification during the stirring operation.

A stirring apparatus comprising:

• a storage portion configured to store a container;
• a stirring unit configured to perform a stirring operation for the container stored in the storage portion such that a liquid contained in the container is stirred;
• a regulating unit whose state changes between a regulating state in which extraction of the container from the storage portion is regulated and a regulation cancel state;
• and
• a notification unit configured, upon determining that the state of the regulating unit changes from the regulating state to the regulation cancel state during the stirring operation, notify a user to return the state of the regulating unit to the regulating state.