Patent ID: 8875768

Claim:
A tape application machine, comprising: a nest device configured to move from a first position toward a second position, the nest device further configured to hold a battery cell therein; a tape application device configured to dispense a predetermined length of electrically non-conductive tape and to apply a first portion of the electrically non-conductive tape on a first side of the battery cell when the nest device moves proximate to the tape application device; a tape bending device having a body with a slot extending into a side of the body from a first end of the body to a second end of the body, the slot configured to receive an edge portion of the battery cell therein having the first portion of the electrically non-conductive tape disposed thereon, the body configured to conform a second portion of the electrically non-conductive tape onto a second side of the battery cell when the nest device moves proximate to the tape bending device and the edge portion moves within the slot from the first end to the second end of the body.