Adjusting a lateral position of a transfer blanket
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsZiv Seemann, Avi Barazani, Israel Katz
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Abstract
According to aspects of the present disclosure there are provided methods and apparatus for providing selective control of a lateral position of a transfer blanket, the method comprising providing a crowned pulley rotating about an axis of a shaft, supporting a transfer blanket on the crowned pulley, the crowned pulley providing a self-tracking effect on a lateral position of the transfer blanket, and selectively controlling a lateral position of the crowned pulley along the axis of the shaft.
Claims15
An apparatus to adjust a lateral position of a transfer blanket, comprising:
- a shaft;
- a crowned pulley to rotate about an axis of the shaft;
- and
- an actuator to control a lateral position of the crowned pulley along the axis of the shaft.
An image forming system comprising:
- a shaft;
- a crowned pulley mounted on the shaft and to rotate about an axis of the shaft;
- an actuator;
- a transfer blanket in contact with the crowned pulley;
- and
- a control circuit to provide a control signal to the actuator;
- wherein the actuator is to control a lateral position of the crowned pulley along the axis of the shaft based on the control signal.
A method of adjusting a lateral position of a transfer blanket in an offset printing device, the method comprising:
- providing a crowned pulley rotating about an axis of a shaft, the crowned pulley providing a self-tracking effect on a lateral position of the transfer blanket;
- and
- selectively controlling a lateral position of the crowned pulley along the axis of the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.