Carriage drive belt with compliant belt section for carriage attachment
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsHaseeb Yusef, Dan Lander
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Abstract
A carriage drive belt for moving a carriage includes an elongated belt section having a longitudinal axis and including a first portion and a second portion spaced from the first portion along the longitudinal axis, and a compliant belt section secured to the elongated belt section, wherein the compliant belt section extends between the first portion and the second portion of the elongated belt section and is configured for attachment of the carriage thereto.
Claims31
A carriage drive belt for moving a carriage, comprising:
- an elongated belt section having a longitudinal axis and including a first portion and a second portion spaced from the first portion along the longitudinal axis;
- and
- a compliant belt section secured to the elongated belt section, wherein the compliant belt section extends between the first portion and the second portion of the elongated belt section and is configured for attachment of the carriage thereto.
A carriage assembly, comprising:
- a carriage drive belt including an elongated belt section and a compliant belt section secured to the elongated belt section;
- and
- a carriage attached to the compliant belt section,
- wherein the elongated belt section has a longitudinal axis and includes a first portion and a second portion spaced from the first portion along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the compliant belt section extends between the first portion and the second portion of the elongated belt section.
A method of attaching a carriage to a drive belt, comprising:
- providing the drive belt with an elongated belt section including a first portion and a second portion spaced from the first portion along a longitudinal axis thereof and a compliant belt section secured to and extended between the first portion and the second portion of the elongated belt section;
- and
- attaching the carriage to the compliant belt section of the drive belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.