Tape removal apparatus
AssigneeLG Energy Solution, Ltd.
InventorsYoung Soo Lee, Jin Soo Lee, Hong Ju Hwang, Seung Hoo Lee
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Abstract
A tape removal apparatus is configured for automatically removing a tape attached to an electrode roll in order to fix the electrode roll. The tape removal apparatus includes a sensing unit configured to sense the tape attached to the electrode roll, an injection unit configured to inject air toward the tape, a support unit configured to support a non-adhesive portion of the tape, and a gripper configured to fix the non-adhesive portion of the tape together with the support unit.
Claims10
A tape removal apparatus for removing a tape attached to an electrode roll, the tape removal apparatus comprising:
- a rotary roll configured to rotate the electrode roll;
- a sensing unit including a first sensor configured to sense the tape attached to the electrode roll;
- an injection unit configured to inject air toward the tape;
- a support unit configured to support a non-adhesive portion of the tape, the first sensor being fixed to the support unit, the rotary roll being movable upwards and downwards relative to the support unit;
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- a gripper, together with the support unit, configured to fix a position of the non-adhesive portion of the tape, the gripper being independently movable upward and downward, leftward and rightward, and forward and rearward relative to the rotary roll and relative to the support unit, the gripper including a second sensor configured to sense the non-adhesive portion of the tape, the second sensor configured to contact the support unit to grip the non-adhesive portion of the tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.