IP Library Granted Patent US 11,577,281
Granted Patent B2
US 11,577,281 · App. 17/252,544 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Cleaning apparatus and cleaning method for press rolls for electrodes

Inventors: Seung Gi Yang (Daejeon, KR); Kun Ha Park (Daejeon, KR); Ung Ju Lee (Daejeon, KR)
B08B1/04B08B3/024B08B7/04B08B2240/00
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Patent No.
US 11,577,281
App. No.
17/252,544
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning press rolls for electrodes, comprising two or more cleaning units provided with cleaning members having grains. According to the present invention, the apparatus for cleaning press rolls for electrodes comprises a plurality of, i.e., two or more, cleaning units, wherein the cleaning units respectively comprise cleaning members having grains with different directions, thus allowing a residual cleaning solution and contaminants to be effectively removed. In addition, when press rolls are cleaned using the apparatus for cleaning press rolls according to the present invention, an aqueous cleaning solution and an alcoholic cleaning solution, which have different properties, can be used together, and after cleaning, the cleaning solutions do not remain on the press rolls, and thus subsequently, secondary contamination of electrodes is prevented, and accordingly, when electrodes are manufactured, the occurrence of defects in the electrodes can be reduced.

Claims (23)

1. An apparatus for cleaning an electrode rolling roll by removing contaminants attached on the electrode rolling roll, the apparatus comprising:

a first cleaning part configured to bring the rolling roll into contact with a first cleaning member to thereby clean the rolling roll; and

a second cleaning part configured to clean the rolling roll by bringing the rolling roll cleaned by the first cleaning part into contact with a second cleaning member to thereby clean the rolling roll,

wherein the first cleaning member has a first grain defined by a first direction and the second cleaning member has a second grain defined by a second direction,

wherein each grain has only a single direction, and

wherein the first direction is different from the second direction,

wherein the first and second directions of the grains respectively formed on the first and second cleaning members, intersect each other with an angle of 60 to 120 degrees.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first cleaning part and the second cleaning part each comprises:

a supply roll configured to supply the first or the second cleaning member, respectively;

a cleaning unit configured to bring the first or the second cleaning member, respectively, into contact with the rolling roll to thereby clean a surface of the rolling roll;

a cleaning liquid spray unit configured to spray cleaning liquid onto the first or the second cleaning member, respectively; and

a winding roll configured to recover the first or the second cleaning member, respectively, having cleaned the surface of the rolling roll.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first and the second cleaning member each comprise non-woven fabric.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a direction of the first grain formed on the first cleaning member or the second grain formed on the second cleaning member is formed to have an angle of 0 to 90 degrees with respect to a moving direction of the cleaning member during cleaning.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a direction of the first grain formed on the first cleaning member or the second grain formed on the second cleaning member is formed to have an angle of 30 to 60 degrees with respect to a moving direction of the cleaning member during cleaning.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first and second directions of the grains respectively formed on the first and second cleaning members intersect each other with an angle of 80 to 100 degrees.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the electrode rolling roll cleaning apparatus further includes a scraping pad adapted to scrape off foreign materials attached to a surface of the rolling roll.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the electrode rolling roll cleaning apparatus

further includes an air spray unit adapted to spray air to a surface of the rolling roll.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the electrode rolling roll cleaning apparatus further includes a heating unit configured to dry the rolling roll by applying heat to a surface of the rolling roll.

10. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the cleaning liquid of the first and/or second cleaning part contains one or more selected from the group consisting of water and alcohol-based compounds.

11. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the cleaning liquid of the first cleaning part is a cleaning liquid containing water, and

wherein the cleaning liquid of the second cleaning part is a cleaning liquid containing an alcohol-based compound.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058295/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2020
From: YANG, SEUNG GI; PARK, KUN HA; LEE, UNG JU
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054663/0515 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0011736 · Jan 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210252559A1 · Aug 19, 2021