Abstract: The anti-drop members 7l and 7r are provided to each of the air turn bars 6u and 6l, and the respective anti-drop peripheral surfaces 711 of the anti-drop members 7l and 7r adjoin the support peripheral surface 611 of each of the air turn bars 6u and 6l. In this configuration, on the occurrence of oblique traveling of the printing medium M, the printing medium M is deviated from the support peripheral surface 611 of each of the air turn bars 6u and 6l to the anti-drop peripheral surface 711 of the anti-drop member 7l or 7r. Specifically, the anti-drop peripheral surface 711 of each of the anti-drop members 7l and 7r allows the printing medium M to be supported while providing the clearance ? from the front surface M1 of the printing medium M deviated by the oblique traveling.

Abstract: The wind velocity of the air injected by the air-blow dryers 7a, 7b is lower than that of the air injected by the air-blow dryers 7c, 7d. That is, since a large amount of moisture remains on the front surface M1 of the printing medium M passing through the air-blow dryers 7a, 7b, the printing medium M is dried while the flow of the aqueous inks is suppressed by injecting the air at a lower wind velocity. On the other hand, the moisture decreases on the front surface M1 of the printing medium M dried by the air-blow dryers 7a, 7b and the fluidity of the aqueous inks is reduced. Accordingly, the drying of the printing medium M is promoted by injecting the air at a high wind velocity to the printing medium M passing through the air-blow dryers 7c, 7d.

Abstract: In the air-blow dryers 7a, 7b, the back surface M2 of the printing medium M is supported by the rollers 74 while the hot wind is injected from the nozzles 76u to the front surface M1 of the printing medium M. By extending the printing medium M along the rollers 74, the evaporation of the moisture can be promoted by the hot wind while the formation of creases of the printing medium M is suppressed against the influence of the temperature distribution caused by the latent heat of the moisture on the printing medium M. After a certain amount of the moisture is evaporated, the temperature of the printing medium M becomes relatively uniform. In the air-blow dryers 7c, 7d, the printing medium M is dried by injecting the hot wind to the printing medium M from the nozzles 76l and 76u from both sides.

Abstract: A web drying apparatus, comprises: a blow-drying part which has two blower units arranged on both sides of web which is transferred in a transfer direction, and injects gas onto the web passing through a dry path between the two blower units; a housing which has a sidewall provided with an opening facing the dry path from the transfer direction, through which the web passes in the transfer direction through the opening, and houses the blow-drying part; an exhaust part which is disposed between the sidewall and the blow-drying part in the housing and exhausts gas from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing; and a rectifying member which is disposed between the blow-drying part and the exhaust part in the housing and faces the web being transferred in the transfer direction.

Abstract: A web drying apparatus, comprises: two blower units which are arranged vertically between an upper dry path and a lower dry path disposed below the upper dry path and at least partially overlap each other when viewed from a vertical direction. One blower unit disposed on an upper side, the other blower unit disposed on a lower side. The lower end part of the one blower unit deviates from the upper end part of the other blower unit in the horizontal direction and protrudes to be lower than the upper end part in the vertical direction.

Abstract: In the air-blow dryers 7a, 7b, the back surface M2 of the printing medium M is supported by the rollers 74 while the hot wind is injected from the nozzles 76u to the front surface M1 of the printing medium M. By extending the printing medium M along the rollers 74, the evaporation of the moisture can be promoted by the hot wind while the formation of creases of the printing medium M is suppressed against the influence of the temperature distribution caused by the latent heat of the moisture on the printing medium M. After a certain amount of the moisture is evaporated, the temperature of the printing medium M becomes relatively uniform. In the air-blow dryers 7c, 7d, the printing medium M is dried by injecting the hot wind to the printing medium M from the nozzles 76l and 76u from both sides.

Abstract: The wind velocity of the air injected by the air-blow dryers 7a, 7b is lower than that of the air injected by the air-blow dryers 7c, 7d. That is, since a large amount of moisture remains on the front surface M1 of the printing medium M passing through the air-blow dryers 7a, 7b, the printing medium M is dried while the flow of the aqueous inks is suppressed by injecting the air at a lower wind velocity. On the other hand, the moisture decreases on the front surface M1 of the printing medium M dried by the air-blow dryers 7a, 7b and the fluidity of the aqueous inks is reduced. Accordingly, the drying of the printing medium M is promoted by injecting the air at a high wind velocity to the printing medium M passing through the air-blow dryers 7c, 7d.

Abstract: A web drying apparatus, comprises: two blower units which are arranged vertically between an upper dry path and a lower dry path disposed below the upper dry path and at least partially overlap each other when viewed from a vertical direction. One blower unit disposed on an upper side, the other blower unit disposed on a lower side. The lower end part of the one blower unit deviates from the upper end part of the other blower unit in the horizontal direction and protrudes to be lower than the upper end part in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A web drying apparatus, comprises: a blow-drying part which has two blower units arranged on both sides of web which is transferred in a transfer direction, and injects gas onto the web passing through a dry path between the two blower units; a housing which has a sidewall provided with an opening facing the dry path from the transfer direction, through which the web passes in the transfer direction through the opening, and houses the blow-drying part; an exhaust part which is disposed between the sidewall and the blow-drying part in the housing and exhausts gas from the inside of the housing to the outside of the housing; and a rectifying member which is disposed between the blow-drying part and the exhaust part in the housing and faces the web being transferred in the transfer direction.

Abstract: A negative-electrode active material layer formed between a negative-electrode current collector and a solid electrolyte layer has a line-and-space structure in which a plurality of stripe-shaped pattern elements extending in a Y direction are arranged while being separated from each other. A gradient at each contact point where the stripe-shaped pattern element, the negative-electrode current collector and the solid electrolyte layer are in contact with each other is made smaller than 90°.

Abstract: A negative-electrode active material layer 12 contains Li4Ti5O12 as a negative-electrode active material, and a positive-electrode active material layer 14 contains LiCoO2 as a positive-electrode active material. A solid electrolyte layer 13 contains polyethylene oxide and polystyrene as an electrolyte material. Gradients of surfaces of stripe-shaped pattern elements 121 forming the negative-electrode active material layer 12 are smaller than 90° when viewed from a surface of the negative-electrode current collector 11. By such a construction, it is possible to construct a battery having a high capacity in relation to the used amount of the active materials and good charge and discharge characteristics.

Abstract: A negative-electrode active material layer having an uneven pattern is formed on a surface of a copper foil as a negative-electrode current collector by applying an application liquid by a nozzle-scan coating method. Subsequently, an application liquid containing a polymer electrolyte material is applied by a spin coating method, thereby forming a solid electrolyte layer in conformity with the uneven pattern. Subsequently, an application liquid is applied by a doctor blade method, thereby forming a positive-electrode active material layer whose lower surface conforms to the unevenness and whose upper surface is substantially flat. A thin and high-performance all-solid-state battery can be produced by laminating an aluminum foil as a positive-electrode current collector before the application liquid is cured.

Abstract: Preparation process of electrode for battery, comprising first application step for forming first linear part by relatively moving first nozzle which discharges first active material linearly with respect to current collector to form a plural of first linear parts on current collector, first drying step for drying first linear parts, second application step for forming second linear part between first linear parts by relatively moving second nozzle which discharges second active material with respect to current collector, and second drying step for drying first linear part and second linear part, wherein height H1 of first linear part and height H2 of second linear part satisfies the relational inequality (1): H1<H2. The active material layer has high aspect ratio, and gives lithium ion secondary battery excellent in high charge-discharge performance.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrode for a battery includes: a mixing step of dry-mixing an active material and a conductive aid; a pressing step of applying a pressure for pressing to the mixture obtained in the mixing step; a step of mixing a solvent into the mixture after the pressing step to prepare a slurry (in paste form) active material; and an application step of applying the slurry active material onto a current collector to form an active material layer.

Abstract: In a technology for manufacturing a battery electrode by applying an application liquid containing an active material, stripe-shaped pattern elements are formed at narrower intervals than before while contact between the pattern elements is avoided. While a nozzle 21 including a multitude of discharge openings in an X-direction is moved to scan in a Y-direction relative to a base material 110, an application liquid containing an active material is discharged from the respective discharge openings and applied to the base material 110. Between pattern elements 221 formed by a first scanning movement, pattern elements 222 are formed by applying the application liquid anew by a second scanning movement. By making the start positions of the pattern elements 221, 222 different in a scanning direction (Y-direction), contact between the pattern elements resulting from the spread of the application liquid at pattern element start ends is prevented.

Abstract: In a technology for manufacturing a battery electrode by applying an application liquid containing an active material, stripe-shaped pattern elements are formed at narrower intervals than before while contact between the pattern elements is avoided. An application liquid containing an active material is applied onto a base material 11, which will become a current collector, by a nozzle-scan coating method, thereby forming stripe-shaped active material pattern elements P1, P3, P5, . . . parallel to each other and extending in a Y-direction. After liquid components are volatilized from the application liquid and spread base parts of the pattern elements are shrunk, pattern elements P2, P4, P6, . . . are formed by applying the application liquid in stripes between the already formed pattern elements. In this way, it can be prevented that the base parts approach each other and the pattern elements touch each other when the adjacent patterns are simultaneously formed.

Abstract: Preparation process of electrode for battery, comprising first application step for forming first linear part by relatively moving first nozzle which discharges first active material linearly with respect to current collector to form a plural of first linear parts on current collector, first drying step for drying first linear parts, second application step for forming second linear part between first linear parts by relatively moving second nozzle which discharges second active material with respect to current collector, and second drying step for drying first linear part and second linear part, wherein height H1 of first linear part and height H2 of second linear part satisfies the relational inequality (1): H1<H2. The active material layer has high aspect ratio, and gives lithium ion secondary battery excellent in high charge-discharge performance.

Abstract: A negative-electrode active material layer 12 contains Li4Ti5O12 as a negative-electrode active material, and a positive-electrode active material layer 14 contains LiCoO2 as a positive-electrode active material. A solid electrolyte layer 13 contains polyethylene oxide and polystyrene as an electrolyte material. Gradients of surfaces of stripe-shaped pattern elements 121 forming the negative-electrode active material layer 12 are smaller than 90° when viewed from a surface of the negative-electrode current collector 11. By such a construction, it is possible to construct a battery having a high capacity in relation to the used amount of the active materials and good charge and discharge characteristics.

Abstract: Stripe-shaped pattern elements 121 projecting from a surface of a substantially flat negative-electrode current collector 11 are formed by applying an application liquid containing a negative-electrode active material by a nozzle-scan coating method. Subsequently, an application liquid containing a solid electrolyte material is applied, for example, by a spin coating method to form a solid electrolyte layer 13. A thickness Te of the solid electrolyte layer 13 covering exposed surfaces 11a of the negative-electrode current collector exposed between the stripe-shaped pattern elements 121 is set to be smaller than a height Ha of the stripe-shaped pattern elements 121, taking into account that part of the application liquid applied on the stripe-shaped pattern elements 121 flows down toward the exposed surfaces 11a.

Abstract: A negative-electrode active material layer formed between a negative-electrode current collector and a solid electrolyte layer has a line-and-space structure in which a plurality of stripe-shaped pattern elements extending in a Y direction are arranged while being separated from each other. A gradient at each contact point where the stripe-shaped pattern element, the negative-electrode current collector and the solid electrolyte layer are in contact with each other is made smaller than 90°.