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US 6,387,199 B1Granted
Seamed belt fabrication using centrifugal forces
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsAntonio DeCrescentis, Ralph A. Mosher, John S. Berkes
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Abstract
Fabricating belts by forcing adhesive into a belt seam using centrifugal forces. A belt having ends that are fabricated to mate along a seam is inserted into a cylinder such that a seam is formed. An adhesive is then deposited along the seam and the cylinder is spun at a speed sufficient to force the adhesive into the seam. The adhesive is then cured so as to produce a seamed belt.
Claims10
A method of fabricating a seamed belt comprising the steps of:
- providing a substrate sheet having unmarked ends;
- mating said ends to form a seam;
- locating said substrate with said seam in a cylinder;
- depositing adhesive on said seam;
- rotating said cylinder so as to produce centrifugal forces that force said adhesive into said seam;
- and
- curing said adhesive to form a seamed belt.
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A method of fabricating an imageable seam intermediate transfer belt comprising the steps of:
- providing a semiconductive substrate sheet having unmated ends, wherein said semiconductive substrate has electrical and frictional properties;
- mating said ends to form a seam;
- locating said semiconductive substrate with said seam in a cylinder;
- depositing an adhesive on said seam, wherein said adhesive has electrical and frictional properties substantially similar to said electrical and frictional properties of said semiconductive substrate;
- rotating said cylinder so as to produce centrifugal forces that force said adhesive into said seam;
- and
- curing said adhesive to form a seamed belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.