Method of producing thin-walled endless belt
AssigneesKonishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd., Hokushin Industries, Inc.
InventorsNoriyoshi Tarumi, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Masakazu Kokiso, Hiroaki Ohta
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Abstract
An improved method of producing a thin-walled endless belt by centrifugal molding, which comprises introducing a liquid curable silicone rubber dissolved in a solvent into a rotating cylindrical mold, hardening said liquid curable silicone rubber to form a mold surface on the inner surface of said cylindrical mold, and thereafter introducing a thermosetting resin dissolved in a volatile solvent onto said mold surface to form the endless belt.
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A method of producing a thin-walled endless belt having a thickness between 30 and 500 microns by centrifugal molding which comprises introducing a liquid curable silicone rubber dissolved in a solvent into a rotating cylindrical mold to coat the inner surface of said mold, hardening said liquid curable silicone rubber to form a silicone rubber coated mold surface on the inner surface of said cylindrical mold, and thereafter introducing into said rotating cylindrical mold a thermosetting resin which is at least one heat resistant resin selected from the group consisting of polyimide, polyamide-imide and polybenzimidazole resins dissolved in a volatile solvent onto said inner silicone rubber coated mold surface to coat said inner silicone rubber coated mold surface, then hardening said thermosetting resin and then removing said hardened thermosetting resin from said mold to form said endless belt having a thickness between 30 and 500 microns.
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