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OwnerToru Yamane, Mineto Yagyu +6inventors
InventorsToru Yamane, Mineto Yagyu, Kenji Hasegawa, Masahiro Sugimoto, Nobuo Komiya, Hitomi Ogasawara, Hideki Takaoka, Takeho Miyashita
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A protective sheet is to be laid on an endless belt sheet and covers a surface of the endless belt sheet to protect the surface. When the protective sheet is laid on the endless belt sheet, the bending stiffness of the protective sheet is lower in the circumferential direction of the endless belt sheet than in the width direction that is orthogonal relative to the circumferential direction. Thus, the risk of being bent and damaged of the endless belt sheet is minimized and the cumbersomeness of the operation of replacing the endless belt sheet is remarkably reduced by using such a protective sheet.
A protective sheet for covering a surface of an endless belt sheet to protect the surface, a bending stiffness of the protective sheet being lower in a circumferential direction of the endless belt sheet than in a width direction orthogonal relative to the circumferential direction.
An endless belt laminate comprising an endless belt sheet and a protective sheet covering a surface of the endless belt sheet to protect the surface, a bending stiffness of the protective sheet being lower in a circumferential direction of the endless belt sheet than in a width direction orthogonal relative to the circumferential direction.
An endless belt assembly comprising an endless belt laminate and a binding member rigidly securing the endless belt laminate, the endless belt laminate comprising an endless belt sheet and a protective sheet covering a surface of the endless belt sheet to protect the surface, a bending stiffness of the protective sheet being lower in a circumferential direction of the endless belt sheet than in a width direction orthogonal relative to the circumferential direction.
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