US 12,234,112 B2
Tape attachment apparatus
Young Soo Lee, Daejeon (KR); Jin Soo Lee, Daejeon (KR); Hong Ju Hwang, Daejeon (KR); and Seung Hoo Lee, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/915,030
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/008604
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/014940, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0087018 (KR), filed on Jul. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055489 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 19/29 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01); H01M 4/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 19/29 (2013.01) [B65H 35/0033 (2013.01); H01M 4/04 (2013.01); H01M 10/0409 (2013.01); B65H 2301/414422 (2013.01); B65H 2301/414433 (2013.01); B65H 2553/80 (2013.01); B65H 2701/19 (2013.01); B65H 2701/377 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tape attachment apparatus comprising:
a tape supply unit configured to provide a tape;
a tape attachment unit configured to attach the tape provided by the tape supply unit to an electrode roll, the tape attachment unit having a tape attachment portion configured to suction the tape supplied by the tape supply unit and to attach the tape to the electrode roll; and
a frame configured to mount the tape attachment unit,
wherein the tape attachment portion comprises an upper end portion configured to be rotated about a rotary shaft, an extension portion connected to the upper end portion and having an adjustable length, and a suction portion connected to the extension portion and configured to suction the tape, and
wherein the suction portion includes a suction surface to which the tape is attached when the tape is suctioned by the suction portion that is deformable from a flat surface to a curved surface.