Abstract: An information transmission apparatus can use a salesclerk information storage unit. The salesclerk information storage unit stores, by a plurality of salesclerks, salesclerk identification information about the salesclerk and detailed information about the salesclerk in association with each other. Then, the information transmission apparatus includes a salesclerk position transmission unit and a detailed information transmission unit. The salesclerk position transmission unit transmits, for each of a plurality of salesclerks present in a store, salesclerk position information about the salesclerk and salesclerk identification information about the salesclerk in association with each other to a customer terminal.

Abstract: An electrode group 4 in which a positive electrode plate 1 and a negative electrode plate 2, each having on a surface of a current collector a mixture layer containing an active material, are wound or layered, with a porous insulating layer 3 interposed between the positive electrode plate 1 and the negative electrode plate 2, is sealed in a battery case 5 together with an nonaqueous electrolyte. Metallic particles 12 melted from a negative electrode current collector 10 are dispersed throughout a negative electrode mixture layer of the negative electrode plate 2. The metallic particles 12 are a metal which is melted from the negative electrode current collector 10 and which is deposited in the negative electrode mixture layer by reverse charging a lithium secondary battery and subsequently charging the lithium secondary battery.

Abstract: The disclosed secondary battery is a flat secondary battery 10 including an electrode group 1 which is sealed in a laminate case 9 made of laminate films, and includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector carrying thereon a positive electrode material mixture layer containing a positive electrode active material and a binder, a negative electrode, and a porous insulating layer. The laminate case 9 includes a container portion 9a for containing the electrode group 1, a weld portion 9b in which the laminate films are welded to each other, and a non-weld portion 9c which is provided between the container portion 9a and the weld portion 9b, and in which the laminate films are not welded to each other. The positive electrode has a tensile extension of 3.0% or higher.