Xerox Corporation

John F Murphy

William G Herbert

Roger Gaylord Leighton

Donald J Drake

Scott J Phillips

Elliott A Eklund

Antonio L Williams

Ronald Larry Nichols

Kenneth N Traub

A printhead interposing maintenance method and apparatus are provided for maintaining a printhead assembly within a relatively tight space in an image producing machine. The printhead interposing maintenance apparatus for the method includes (a) at least a first home position adjacent a first side of four sides of an operating zone between a printhead assembly and an imaging surface in the image producing machine; (b) a first moving device for moving the printhead assembly from a printing first position adjacent the imaging surface to a maintaining second position spaced further away from the printing first position; (c) a maintenance apparatus movably supported for movement along an maintenance path interposed between the imaging surface and the printhead assembly; (d) a second moving device for moving the maintenance apparatus for contacting and maintaining the printhead assembly, and along the maintenance path from the at least first home position to a resting position adjacent a second side and opposite the first side of the four sides of the operating zone; and (e) a third moving device for moving the printhead assembly back from the maintaining second position to the printing first position.

Printhead interposing maintenance apparatus and method and image producing machine having same

An electroforming process for forming a multilayer endless metal belt includes submerging a mandrel in an electroforming bath, electroforming a first layer on the mandrel, forming a passive coating on the outer surface of the first layer, and depositing at least one additional layer on the oxide coating. By this process, a multilayer metal belt is formed with non-adhesive layers. The belt may then be cut to the desired width, and is particularly useful as a driving member for a continuously-variable transmission.

Electroforming process for multi-layer endless metal belt assembly

A method is provided for forming an endless metal belt assembly with specific parameters to reduce friction, increase lubricity, and transmit maximum torque. An endless metal belt of the invention may be formed by an electroforming process, and is useful as a drive member for a continuously variable transmission.

Endless metal belt assembly with controlled parameters

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John F Murphy