US 5,961,769 AGranted

Method for feeding separator sheet

AssigneeThe Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd.

InventorShigenori Moue

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Abstract

A separator sheet is formed of a plastic material and has a number of ribs formed on one side thereof. The ribs extend in the direction in which the separator sheet is fed. The sheet is overlaid with a glass mat, and a laminated member obtained thereby is moved into the region between a pair of driving rolls. After being sandwiched by the driving rolls, the laminated member is fed into an envelope apparatus. In an adhesive coating step, a hot melt adhesive is coated on one side of the glass mat. The adhesive is coated at portions C corresponding to the base sections between the ribs of the sheet, in such a manner that the coated adhesive forms a line extending in the longitudinal direction of the glass mat. In a stacking step, the sheet and the glass mat are stacked one upon the other. In the pressing step, the laminated member is sandwiched between the driving rolls, and the adhesive-coated portions of the glass mat are tightly pressed by the ribs provided on the circumferential surface of the driving roll. The ribs extend in the circumferential direction of the roll and are located at positions corresponding to the adhesive-coated portions.

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Dependent claims

A separator sheet-feeding method for feeding a laminated member to an envelope apparatus which works the laminated member to produce a bag structure, after the laminated member is sandwiched by means of a pair of driving rolls, said laminated member including a separator sheet and a glass mat stacked on one side of the separator sheet, said separator sheet being formed of a plastic material and having a plurality of ribs which are formed on said one side and which extend in a feeding direction of the laminated member, said method comprising:

an adhesive coating step of coating a hot melt adhesive on one side of one of the separator sheet and the glass mat, said hot melt adhesive being coated at portions corresponding to base sections between the ribs of the separator sheet such that the hot melt adhesive forms a line extending in a longitudinal direction of the separator sheet and the glass mat;
a stacking step of stacking the separator sheet and the glass mat one upon the other;
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a pressing step of tightly pressing adhesive-coated portions of said one of the separator sheet and glass mat by means of pressing ribs when said laminated member is sandwiched between the driving rolls, said pressing ribs being formed on a circumferential surface of at least one of the driving rolls, said pressing ribs extending in a circumferential direction of said at least one of the driving rolls, and said pressing ribs being located at positions corresponding to the adhesive-coated portions.

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