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US 5,708,924 AGranted
Customer replaceable photoreceptor belt module
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDavid K. Shogren, Larry L. Jenkins
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Abstract
A customer replaceable unit includes a cover and support structure for supporting a photoreceptor belt while it is packaged, shipped and inserted over drive and idler rolls in a machine. It prevents a machine operator from having to handle the belt itself and provides protection from extrinsic damage.
Claims8
An arrangement for ease in installing a belt into and removing the belt from a printing machine, comprising;
- a belt support module stationarily positioned within the printing machine and adapted to support a belt thereon, said belt support module including a belt support structure, a drive roll, a retractable belt tensioning roll, a stripping roll and an idler roll, track members, backer bars movable between retracted and non-retracted positions, and hold down springs movable between retracted and non-retracted positions;
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- a customer replaceable unit adapted to be mounted onto said belt support module within the printer, said customer replaceable unit including a belt, and a frame configured in the approximate shape of said belt once said belt is in position within the printing machine, and wherein said frame includes guide members that mate with said track members of said belt support module during insertion of said customer replaceable unit into the printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.