US 12,440,906 B2
Slitter
Duck Joong Yun, Daejeon (KR); Wonjun Song, Daejeon (KR); and Minsu Pak, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/428,422
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Oct. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/013455
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/107378, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0152443 (KR), filed on Nov. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0140304 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B23D 35/00 (2006.01); B23D 19/04 (2006.01); B26D 1/00 (2006.01); B23D 19/06 (2006.01)
CPC B23D 35/001 (2013.01) [B23D 19/04 (2013.01); B26D 1/0006 (2013.01); B23D 19/06 (2013.01); B26D 2001/0046 (2013.01); B26D 2001/0053 (2013.01); B26D 2001/0066 (2013.01); Y10T 83/783 (2015.04); Y10T 83/9403 (2015.04)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A slitter comprising:
an upper knife disposed above an electrode plate, thereby configured to cut the electrode plate;
a lower knife disposed below the electrode plate to partially overlap the upper knife, thereby configured to cut the electrode plate together with the upper knife,
wherein the upper knife comprises:
a first inner surface extending at an incline from a tip formed at a lowermost end to contact an inner surface of the lower knife;
an outer circumferential surface extending at an incline from the tip to a side opposite the lower knife; and
a support surface,
wherein the incline of the first inner surface has a first angle from a vertical line (V) that is perpendicular to a rotation axis that serves as a rotation center of the upper knife,
wherein the incline of the outer circumferential surface has a second angle from the vertical line,
wherein the upper knife and the lower knife are rotary knives,
wherein an outer surface of the lower knife is planar and a thickness of the lower knife is constant,
wherein the upper knife further comprises a second inner surface extending inward from the first inner surface, and
wherein the second inner surface is inclined at a third angle from the vertical line, the third angle being an acute angle, the second inner surface extending toward an inner side of the upper knife to define a stepped portion with respect to the support surface of the upper knife.