NOVELTY - The apparatus (10) has a rod coater (20) coating a coating material (2) e.g. paste, on a coating surface (1a) of a base material (1). An upstream pressing roller (30) is arranged in an upstream side of the rod coater, and presses the base material from an opposite side of the coating surface. A downstream pressing roller (40) is arranged in a downstream side of the rod coater. A central pressing roller (50) is arranged between the upstream pressing roller and the downstream pressing roller, and presses the base material toward a rod (23) of the rod coater from the opposite side of the surface.    USE - Apparatus for coating a paste and a binder on a surface of a base material e.g. aluminum foil and copper foil, during manufacturing process of an electrode of a secondary battery that is utilized in an electric vehicle and a hybrid vehicle.    ADVANTAGE - The central pressing roller prevents the base material from bending in a mountain-shaped manner. The apparatus enables maintaining the thickness of the coating film at a center part and at ends in the base-material width direction. The apparatus prevents generation of the coating non-uniformity in the base-material width direction, and improves the coating quality. The apparatus utilizes a damper mechanism that maintains a thrust pressing the base material in a predetermined value, thus preventing the central pressing roller from pushing the base material and making the coating film to be thin/thick. The apparatus forms a bead of required amount between the rod and the base material, so that the coating film of required thickness is formed reliably.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for the following:    (1) a coating method    (2) an electrode manufacturing method.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The drawing shows a schematic view of a coating apparatus. '(Drawing includes non-English language text)'    Base material (1)    Coating surface of base material (1a)    Coating material (2)    Coating apparatus (10)    Rod coater (20)    Rod (23)    Upstream pressing roller (30)    Downstream pressing roller (40)    Central pressing roller (50)