Vacuum transport belts

US8708135B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Xerox Corporation · US

Inventors

• Liang-Bih Lin · Rochester, US
• Brian P. Gilmartin · Williamsville, US
• Ruddy Castillo · Saratoga Springs, US
• Elias Panides · Great Neck, US
• James L. Giacobbi · Penfield, US
• Linn C. Hoover · Webster, US
• Gary A. Batt · Fairport, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03G15/657
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Provided are media vacuum transport systems including media vacuum transport members, methods of making media vacuum transport members, and method of transporting media. In accordance with various embodiments, there is a media vacuum transport system including a vacuum plenum one or more transport members configured to rotate around the vacuum plenum and wherein at least one of the one or more transport members can include a substrate, the substrate comprising a plurality of holes extending from a first side proximate to the vacuum plenum to a second side proximate to the media, and a top coat layer disposed over the substrate, wherein the top coat layer can include a plurality of particles dispersed in a resin to provide an average surface roughness Ra of about 2 μm to about 100 μm.