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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1994
Edward L Schlueter, Jr, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas C Parker, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert M Ferguson, Penfield, NY (US);
Robert N Finsterwalder, Webster, NY (US);
Lucille M Sharf, Pittsford, NY (US);
Laurence J Lynd, Macedon, NY (US);
David Battat, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
An endless flexible seamed belt with a mechanically invisible seam and substantially equivalent in performance to a seamless belt is formed by joining two ends of material from which the belt is fabricated each end of which has a plurality of mutually mating elements in a puzzle cut pattern which are in interlocking relationship in at least one plane and which when joined mechanically enable the flexible belt to essentially function as an endless belt having a substantially uniform thickness.