Patent ID: 7780748

Claim:
A thin type reforming apparatus used for a fuel cell, comprising: a substrate having a passage formed therein; a fuel inlet for introducing fuel to the passage; an evaporator disposed within the substrate downstream of the fuel inlet, having an open construction without passages and including a bubble remover for imparting a flow resistance to the fuel in a liquid state, removing bubbles and vaporizing the fuel; a reformer having a passage formed downstream of the evaporator, the reformer reforming the fuel to hydrogen gas through an endothermic reaction; a CO remover having a passage formed downstream of the reformer, the CO remover removing CO gas included in the hydrogen gas through an exothermic reaction; and a cover for covering an upper portion of the substrate and sealing the passages from an outside, wherein the bubble remover comprises a plurality of island-shaped protrusions-arranged in straight rows and columns so bubbles that begin to form between the island-shaped protrusions are subject to pressure from four directions and are thus burst: wherein the fuel inlet and the evaporator are disposed between the reformer and the CO remover, and wherein the evaporator, the reformer and the CO remover are divided by walls.