Method for reducing surface roughness in a welded seam of an imaging belt
USRE38248E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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| Filing date | Mar 6, 2002 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A welded seam of an imaging belt comprises a surface roughness. To reduce the surface roughness, the welded seam is treated by compressing a portion of the belt comprising the welded seam and adjacent belt portions and, while compressing, heating the welded seam to a heating temperature near but less than the glass transition temperature of the imaging layer of the belt, then cooling the welded seam to a cooling temperature. The compressing continues while the heating and cooling steps are repeated until the surface roughness is determined to be satisfactory. The process then ceases.
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