Press apparatus for electrode, electrode manufacturing apparatus, and electrode manufacturing method

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a press apparatus for an electrode, includes, a press unit configured to compress an electrode sheet includes a first region formed with an electrode layer on a surface thereof and a second region on which the electrode layer is not formed, and a stretching unit includes a stretching member, which comprises a projecting surface located opposite the electrode sheet and projecting toward the electrode sheet, in a position corresponding to the second region, a retracted surface retracted from the electrode sheet relative to the projecting surface, in a position corresponding to the first region, and a relief surface retracted away from the electrode sheet, in a position corresponding to an edge portion of the electrode sheet.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.