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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsConstance J. Thornton, T. Edwin Freeman, Theodore Lovallo, Edward L. Schlueter, Jr., Joseph A. Swift, Xiaoying Elizabeth Yuan
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Seamed belts having puzzle-cut seam with edges that are themselves puzzle-cut: puzzle-cut on puzzle-cut seamed belts. Such belts beneficially may take the form of imageable seam intermediate transfer belts such as those used in marking machines. Belts are formed from a substrate having a puzzle-cut first end and a puzzle-cut second end that interlock to form a seam. That first end includes puzzle-cut tabs that have puzzle-cut edges and the second end includes puzzle-cut tabs that also have puzzle-cut edges. The first end and the second end interlock such that the puzzle tabs and the puzzle-cut edges mate to form the seam. Beneficially an adhesive is disposed over the seam. If the seamed belt is an imageable seam intermediate transfer belt the substrate is beneficially semiconductive.
A seamed belt, comprising a substrate having a first end with puzzle-cut tabs having puzzle-cut edges and a second end with puzzle-cut tabs having puzzle-cut edges, wherein said first end and said second end mate to form a seam wherein said puzzle-cut tabs and said puzzle-cut edges interlock.
An imageable seam intermediate transfer belt, comprising a substrate having a first end with puzzle-cut tabs having puzzle-cut edges and a second end with puzzle-cut tabs having puzzle-cut edges, wherein said first end and said second end mate to form a seam wherein said puzzle-cut tabs and said puzzle-cut edges interlock.
A marking machine, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.