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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1998
Robert CU. Yu, Webster, NY (US);
Robert A Koontz, Webster, NY (US);
Ralph A Shoemaker, Rochester, NY (US);
Satchidanand Mishra, Webster, NY (US);
Donald C VonHoene, Fairport, NY (US);
Richard L Post, Penfield, NY (US);
Anthony M Horgan, Pittsford, NY (US);
Bing R Hsieh, Webster, NY (US);
Edward F Grabowski, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A flexible electrostatographic imaging belt having two parallel sides and a non imaging seam region extending substantially from one of the sides to the other side, the non-imaging seam region having a leading edge, a trailing edge and a seam within the non imaging seam region, the leading and trailing edges being perpendicular to the two parallel sides of the imaging belt, the belt comprising a substrate layer, a reflective electrically conductive layer, at least one imaging layer, an imaging region extending around the belt from adjacent the leading edge of the seam region to adjacent the trailing edge, the imaging region adapted to reflect monochromatic infrared radiation and a permanent localized solid attribute at a predetermined location in the non imaging seam region, the attribute adapted to reduce by at least about 50 percent direct reflection by the seam itself of a beam of monochromatic infrared radiation originally directed at the attribute. This belt is used in imaging apparatus and imaging processes.