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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
John D Rhodes, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/01 ;
Abstract
An endless loop belt for a hard copy apparatus includes a thermally conductive material belt body having an outer surface for receiving print media thereon. The belt body has a pattern of apertures therethrough such that a vacuum force applied to an inner surface is transmitted through the apertures to the outer surface such that a superjacently positioned sheet of print media adheres to the belt. The pattern has a predetermined stagger of apertures which are elongated in a paper path direction wherein transverse expansion of the belt body is accommodated such that the distortion is substantially eliminated in heated regions of the belt body.