Imageable seamed belts having improved adhesive with plasticizer between interlocking seaming members
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRalph A. Mosher, Ihor W. Tarnawskyj, Constance J. Thornton
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Abstract
A seamed flexible belt having a substrate and a seam having interlocking seam members, wherein the interlocking seam members are held together by an adhesive having a polymer and plasticizer other than bis(dihydroxy diethylamino) triphenyl methane, bis(diethylamino) triphenyl methane, or dihydroxy tetraphenyl biphenylene diamine, for use in electrostatographic, contact electrostatic, digital and other like machines.
Claims25
An endless seamed flexible belt comprising a first end and a second end, each of the first end and the second end comprising a plurality of mutually mating elements which join in an interlocking relationship to form a seam, the belt comprising a substrate and the seam comprising an adhesive comprising a polymer and a plasticizer other than bis(dihydroxy diethylamino) triphenyl methane, bis(diethylamino) triphenyl methane, or dihydroxy tetraphenyl biphenylene diamine.
An endless seamed flexible belt comprising a first end and a second end, each of the first end and the second end comprising a plurality of mutually mating elements which join in an interlocking relationship to form a seam, said belt comprising a polyimide substrate, and the seam comprising an adhesive comprising a polyamide and a plasticizer selected from the group consisting of alcohol plasticizers, amine plasticizers, thiol plasticizers, organic acid plasticizers, and oligomer plasticizers.
An image forming apparatus for forming images on a recording medium comprising:
- a charge-retentive surface to receive an electrostatic latent image thereon;
- a development component to apply toner to the charge-retentive surface to develop the electrostatic latent image to form a developed image on said charge retentive surface;
- a transfer belt to transfer the developed image from the charge retentive surface to a copy substrate, wherein the transfer belt is an endless seamed flexible belt comprising a first end and a second end, each of the first end and the second end comprising a plurality of mutually mating elements which join in an interlocking relationship to form a seam, the transfer belt comprising a substrate and the seam comprising an adhesive comprising a polymer and a plasticizer other than bis(dihydroxy diethylamino) triphenyl methane, bis(diethylamino) triphenyl methane, or dihydroxy tetraphenyl biphenylene diamine;
- and a fixing component to fuse the developed image to the copy substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.