Laminated body pressing apparatus, pressed strip-shaped laminated body manufacturing method, laminated electrode body manufacturing method, and battery manufacturing method

A laminated body pressing apparatus for forming a pressed strip-shaped laminated body obtained by placing a plurality of rectangular positive electrode plates on a strip-shaped negative electrode body having a negative electrode plate disposed between a pair of strip-shaped separators at a predetermined interval so as to be spaced apart from each other by a gap in a longitudinal direction of the strip-shaped negative electrode body, and roller-pressing the positive electrode plates and the negative electrode body, the laminated body pressing apparatus comprising:

• a first press roller;
• a second press roller disposed parallel to the first press roller with a roller gap therebetween;
• and
• a metal plate feeder configured to feed a strip-shaped metal plate extending in a conveyance direction to the roller gap, wherein
• in a state where the strip-shaped metal plate fed by the metal plate feeder is placed on one of the positive electrode plates placed on the strip-shaped negative electrode body, the one positive electrode plate and the strip-shaped negative electrode body are roller-pressed by the first press roller and the second press roller.