Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Sheets or webs edge spliced or joined
Patent
1992-12-27
1993-12-28
Robinson, Ellis P.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Sheets or webs edge spliced or joined
428 60, 428192, 428194, 428213, 428215, 1014631, 430270, 430300, B32B 104
Patent
active
052737993
ABSTRACT:
A seamed flexible imaging member and a method of constructing a flexible imaging sheet is disclosed. The method of constructing a flexible imaging sheet comprises the steps of overlapping and forming. In the step of overlapping, a first marginal end region and a second marginal end region of the sheet are overlapped. In the forming step, a substantially planar surface is formed, extending in a direction transverse to the sheet with one end of the planar surface being integral with the sheet adjacent one end of the sheet and the other end of the planar surface being integral with the sheet adjacent the other end of the sheet, for securing the first marginal end region and the second marginal end region to one another by a seam. The seamed flexible imaging member comprises a sheet having a first marginal end region and a second marginal end region. The first marginal end region and the second marginal end region of the sheet are secured to one another by a material which may include a portion of the sheet, a separate securing material or both. The material defines a planar surface extending in a direction transverse to the sheet with one end of the planar surface being integral with the sheet adjacent one end of the sheet and the other end of the planar surface being integral with the sheet adjacent the other end of the sheet. The planar surface minimizes stress on the sheet, particularly stress caused by the flexible imaging member bending over small diameter rollers of a belt module within an electrophotographic imaging apparatus.
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Co-pending Application Ser. No. 07/634/365, Swain et al., "Process for Coating Belt Seams", Filed: Dec. 27, 1990.
Foley Geoffrey M. T.
Yu Robert C. U.
Ahmad Nasser
Heffernan Gary G.
Robinson Ellis P.
Soong Zosan S.
Xerox Corporation
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