Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm John M. Kelley
  • Patent number: 6436502
    Abstract: Imageable seamed intermediate transfer belts having a large seam surface area, and marking machines that use such imageable seam intermediate transfer belts. A belt is formed from an electrically semiconductive substrate having a first end and a second end that are mated to form a seam. The first end includes a first tongue and the second end includes a second tongue that form a rabbeted joint such that the outer surface of the belt is substantially smooth across the seam. An adhesive is disposed over the rabbeted joint. The tongues may include mechanical locking features, such a protrusion and a channel, or an interlocking puzzle-cut feature that mate. The mechanical locking features may be continuous along the seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph A. Swift, Santokh S. Badesha, T. Edwin Freeman, Theodore Lovallo, Edward L. Schlueter, Jr., Constance J. Thornton, Xiaoying Elizabeth Yuan