Belt conveyor system comprising a mesh belt and a sheet conveyor system for conveying sheets in a reprographic apparatus
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorsMark Rietbergen, Kevin H.J.R. Prinsen
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Abstract
Belt conveyor system comprising: an endless mesh belt, the belt having a mesh structure and having edge areas at the lateral sides, a drive mechanism drivable by a drive motor to rotate the belt, and a steering roller for steering the lateral position of the belt, wherein an edge area comprises a band running substantially parallel to the lateral sides, the band comprising an elastic filler being provided inside the mesh structure, the elastic filler being discernible from the mesh structure, and wherein the belt conveyor system further comprises a band position detector for detecting the lateral position of the band.
Claims13
A belt conveyor system comprising:
- an endless mesh belt, the belt having a mesh structure and having edge areas at the lateral sides;
- a drive mechanism drivable by a drive motor to rotate the belt;
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- a steering roller supporting the belt and arranged for steering the lateral position of the belt,
- wherein an edge area comprises a band running substantially parallel to the lateral sides, the band comprising an elastic filler being provided inside the mesh structure, the elastic filler being discernible from the mesh structure, and
- wherein the belt conveyor system further comprises a band position detector for detecting the lateral position of the band.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.