Patent ID: 9650223
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: B65H,H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Claim:
1. A carrying apparatus configured to carry an electrode material having a film-shape or a web-shape or an electrode having a film-shape for a battery, the apparatus comprising: a carrier structured to hold the electrode material or the electrode while curving the electrode material or the electrode along a direction intersecting with a carrying direction, and then carry the electrode material or the electrode, wherein the carrier is formed as a hand that includes holding arms that hold side edges of the electrode material or the electrode parallel to the carrying direction, and holds the electrode material or the electrode by the holding arms at an upstream portion from a leading edge of the electrode material or the electrode along the carrying direction, wherein the holding arms are configured to insert the electrode material or the electrode between an upper die and a lower die of a first cutting die in a cantilever manner such that the leading edge is free when the electrode material or the electrode is disposed between the upper die and the lower die, and the electrode material or the electrode is cut by the upper die and lower die with the leading edge being free, wherein the carrying apparatus further comprises a suction conveyor that is disposed between the first cutting die and a second cutting die provided upstream from the first cutting die along the carrying direction, and is configured to suction the electrode material or the electrode while cutting the electrode material or the electrode by the first cutting die and the second cutting die, and then feed the electrode material or the electrode cut by the first cutting die and the second cutting die downstream along the carrying direction, and wherein the first cutting die and the second cutting die have different cutting patterns from each other.