Imagable seamed belts having fluoropolymer overcoat
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsXiaoying (Elizabeth) Yuan, Nancy Y. Jia, Kock-Yee Law
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Abstract
A seamed flexible belt having a fluoropolymer overcoat over interlocking mutually mating elements of the seam for use in the xerographic, contact electrostatic, digital and other like machines.
Claims30
An endless seamed flexible belt comprising a first end and a second end, each of said first end and said second end comprising a plurality of mutually mating elements which join in an interlocking relationship to form a seam, said belt comprising a substrate having a fluoropolymer material coated over said seam.
An endless seamed flexible belt comprising a first end and a second end, each of said first end and said second end comprising a plurality of mutually mating elements which join in an interlocking relationship to form a seam, said belt comprising a substrate having conductive fillers therein, and said seam comprising a fluoropolymer overcoat having conductive fillers.
An image forming apparatus for forming images on a recording medium comprising:
- a charge-retentive surface to receive an electrostatic latent image thereon;
- a development component to apply toner to said charge-retentive surface to develop said electrostatic latent image to form a developed image on said charge retentive surface;
- a transfer belt to transfer the developed image from said charge retentive survace to a copy substrate, wherein said transfer belt is an endless seamed flexible belt comprising a first end and a second end, each of said first end and said second end comprising a plurality of mutually mating elements which join in an shocking relationship to form a seam, the transfer belt comprising a substrate having a fluoropolymer material coated over said seam;
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- a fixing component to fuse said developed image to said copy substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.