Patent ID: 8142569

Claim:
An apparatus for forming a cell producing electric power and having a first electrode and a second electrode formed from a metal tape for collecting current and a separator disposed between the first and second electrodes, said apparatus comprising: a work surface presenting terminal ends; a deposition device defined at one of said terminal ends for processing the metal tape and depositing particles of active material onto the metal tape for forming a grid of active layer; a calibrating device disposed at the other of said terminal ends for removing excess of the particles of active material from the metal tape and for forming pores in the grid and for rolling the metal tape into at least one roll; and a recycling mechanism adjacently disposed and fluidly communicating with said calibration device and said deposition device for collecting the excess of the particles of active material from said calibrating device and returning the particles of active material to said deposition device to be applied to the metal tape.