Abstract: A vertical type apparatus for firing a cathode material of a secondary battery is provided. The vertical type apparatus for firing the cathode material according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of saggers, each having an open upper portion, provided with a through-slit for gas flow in a lower surface thereof, and loaded with the cathode material therein, and a plurality of unit firing furnaces, each having an open upper portion, each plurally stacked in the vertical direction, each receiving the respective sagger.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a fuel cell separator having minimized surface defect via surface polishing using high-pressure injection, in which surface polishing is performed using a high-pressure injection scheme in which polishing-fluid is injected at high-pressure through a polishing-fluid injection nozzle before performing vision inspection, thereby minimizing the surface defect of the fuel cell separator.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide a stacking device for a secondary battery configured to stack electrode plates at a high rate, a stacking method using the same, and a secondary battery obtained thereby.

Abstract: A dryer for an electrode substrate of a rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a drying oven for drying an electrode substrate by feeding the electrode substrate to an inlet and discharging it through an outlet; fixed guide rolls provided at a distance from each other between the inlet and the outlet to guide the electrode substrate; lifting guide rolls ascended or descended at one side of the respective fixed guide rolls to guide the moving electrode substrate; driving rolls disposed to correspond to locations of the lifting guide rolls; and a shuttle moving toward the outlet from the inlet.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery comprises an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of electrodes, wherein each of the plurality of electrodes comprises a coated region and an uncoated region; a case housing the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to the case for enclosing the electrode assembly in the case; a current collection plate coupled to the cap plate; and a connecting member electrically connected to the uncoated regions of at least two electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention provides an active material coating apparatus to form an active material layer having a uniform thickness in a width direction of a substrate when forming the active material layer on a substrate.

Abstract: A coating apparatus to apply a coating solution onto a base material, including a first body portion, a second body portion spaced-apart by a gap from the first body portion, a coating solution inlet arranged in one region of the second body portion, a coating solution passage connecting the coating solution inlet to said gap, a coating solution outlet arranged at one end of the gap to discharge the coating solution supplied to the coating solution inlet and a gap adjusting arrangement including a plurality of gap adjusting portions arranged on the first body portion to adjust a size of the coating solution outlet, the plurality of gap adjusting portions being arranged in a width direction of the base material.

Abstract: A lamp heater and a drying apparatus including the same, the lamp heater including a plurality of three-phase power source lamps, a dummy load, the dummy load being configured to maintain a phase balance of the three-phase power source lamps, and a controller, the controller controlling the three-phase power source lamps and the dummy load depending on a lighting condition of the three-phase power source lamps.

Abstract: A dryer for an electrode substrate of a rechargeable battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a drying oven for drying an electrode substrate by feeding the electrode substrate to an inlet and discharging it through an outlet; fixed guide rolls provided at a distance from each other between the inlet and the outlet to guide the electrode substrate; lifting guide rolls ascended or descended at one side of the respective fixed guide rolls to guide the moving electrode substrate; driving rolls disposed to correspond to locations of the lifting guide rolls; and a shuttle moving toward the outlet from the inlet.

Abstract: Provided is a system and method for providing advertisements. The system may include a user identification unit to identify a user with an intention to make a purchase, a bidding unit to receive a bid for a right to offer an advertisement of an advertiser for a product or service to the user, a storage device to contain an advertisement database to store an identification (ID) of the advertisement, and an advertisement provision unit to provide the user with the advertisement of the advertiser.

Abstract: A rechargeable battery comprises an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of electrodes, wherein each of the plurality of electrodes comprises a coated region and an uncoated region; a case housing the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to the case for enclosing the electrode assembly in the case; a current collection plate coupled to the cap plate; and a connecting member electrically connected to the uncoated regions of at least two electrodes.

Abstract: A coating apparatus to apply a coating solution onto a base material, including a first body portion, a second body portion spaced-apart by a gap from the first body portion, a coating solution inlet arranged in one region of the second body portion, a coating solution passage connecting the coating solution inlet to said gap, a coating solution outlet arranged at one end of the gap to discharge the coating solution supplied to the coating solution inlet and a gap adjusting arrangement including a plurality of gap adjusting portions arranged on the first body portion to adjust a size of the coating solution outlet, the plurality of gap adjusting portions being arranged in a width direction of the base material.

Abstract: The present invention provides an active material coating apparatus to form an active material layer having a uniform thickness in a width direction of a substrate when forming the active material layer on a substrate.

Abstract: A lamp heater and a drying apparatus including the same, the lamp heater including a plurality of three-phase power source lamps, a dummy load, the dummy load being configured to maintain a phase balance of the three-phase power source lamps, and a controller, the controller controlling the three-phase power source lamps and the dummy load depending on a lighting condition of the three-phase power source lamps.

Abstract: A fluid injector for treating a surface of a flat display panel includes a case provided with a cavity for receiving fluid; a pair of nozzle guiders coupled to the case and disposed facing each other; a gap-adjusting plate disposed between the nozzle guiders to adjust a gap between the nozzle guiders; and a coupling device for coupling the nozzle guiders to the gap-adjusting plate.

Abstract: An apparatus of forming a fine pattern includes a chamber having a predetermined process space, a stage for supporting a substrate on which a photosensitive organic layer is formed, using buoyancy, a template disposed away from the stage to imprint a preprocess pattern dividing etching and non-etching regions on the organic layer of the substrate, and a driving unit for moving the stage toward the template so that the pattern formed on the template can be formed on the organic layer of the substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus of forming a fine pattern includes a chamber having a predetermined process space, a stage for supporting a substrate on which a photosensitive organic layer is formed, using buoyancy, a template disposed away from the stage to imprint a preprocess pattern dividing etching and non-etching regions on the organic layer of the substrate, and a driving unit for moving the stage toward the template so that the pattern formed on the template can be formed on the organic layer of the substrate.

Abstract: A fluid injection nozzle for treating a substrate includes a first plate having a first tip, and a second plate having a second tip, the second tip being coupled to the first plate by a fastener. The first and second plates define a fluid channel, and the first and second tips have lengths different from each other.

Abstract: A fluid injector for treating a surface of a flat display panel includes a case provided with a cavity for receiving fluid; a pair of nozzle guiders coupled to the case and disposed facing each other; a gap-adjusting plate disposed between the nozzle guiders to adjust a gap between the nozzle guiders; and a coupling device for coupling the nozzle guiders to the gap-adjusting plate.