SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING ADVANCED VACUUM BELT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

• Main Author: HERRMANN DOUGLAS K
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 10.03.2016
• Subjects: CONVEYING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; STORING; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for implementing more consistent vacuum belt transport movement for the transport of image receiving media in image forming devices, and for the transport of packages and components for processing and storage in myriad transport belt systems employing vacuum plenums to support and secure materials being transported on the vacuum belts.SOLUTION: A high-velocity stream of forced air is provided in a plenum positioned between the vacuum belt and underlying structural components to create an area of low pressure to hold the media to the opposite side of the vacuum belt. A high-velocity air layer not only creates a pressure differential to support the vacuum pressure, but also provides an air bearing below the vacuum belt between the vacuum belt and the underlying structural components to allow the vacuum belt to move easily over the underlying structural components.SELECTED DRAWING: None 【課題】画像形成デバイスにおける受像媒体の搬送のための、および真空ベルト上に搬送される材料を支持し、固定するために真空プレナムを使用する無数の搬送ベルトシステムにおける処理および保管のためのパッケージならびに部品の搬送のための、より均一な真空ベルト搬送移動を実現するためのシステムおよび方法を提供する。【解決手段】強制空気の高速流は、真空ベルトと、内在構造部品との間に配置されたプレナムにもたらされ、低圧領域を生成し、真空ベルトの反対側に媒体を保持する。高速空気層は、圧力差を生成して真空圧力を支持するだけでなく、真空ベルトと、内在構造部品との間の真空ベルトの下側に空気ベアリングをもたらし、真空ベルトが、内在構造部品の上方を容易に移動することを可能にする。【選択図】なし