Patent ID: 9310130
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: F26B,H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for drying electrode material intermittently coated on a surface of a metal foil comprising: an inductive coil opposed to the metal foil having a length greater than a width; a conveyer configured to move at least one of the metal foil lengthwise relative to the inductive coil and the inductive coil along the length of the metal foil, wherein the electrode material is positioned intermittently along the length of the metal foil on a common side of the metal foil with an uncoated portion of the metal foil positioned between adjacent intermittent coated portions of metal foil to alternate between coated and uncoated portions lengthwise along the length of the metal foil, the electrode material and uncoated portion located in substantially the same plane; a power supply supplying power to the inductive coil; a sensor configured to detect a border between the uncoated portion and a coated portion of the metal foil; and a control unit configured to: