US 12,115,782 B2
Endless flexible belt for a printing system
Benzion Landa, Nes Ziona (IL); Sagi Abramovich, Ra'anana (IL); Aharon Shmaiser, Rishon LeZion (IL); Rami Keller, Tel Aviv (IL); and Itshak Ashkanazi, Rehovot (IL)
Assigned to LANDA CORPORATION LTD., Rehovot (IL)
Filed by LANDA CORPORATION LTD., Rehovot (IL)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/676,398.
Application 17/676,398 is a continuation of application No. 17/014,525, filed on Sep. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,285,715.
Application 17/014,525 is a continuation of application No. 16/714,756, filed on Dec. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,828,888, issued on Nov. 10, 2020.
Application 16/714,756 is a continuation of application No. 16/219,582, filed on Dec. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,569,533, issued on Feb. 25, 2020.
Application 16/219,582 is a continuation of application No. 15/790,026, filed on Oct. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,201,968, issued on Feb. 12, 2019.
Application 15/790,026 is a continuation of application No. 15/345,238, filed on Nov. 7, 2016, granted, now 9,849,667, issued on Dec. 26, 2017.
Application 15/345,238 is a continuation of application No. 14/382,759, granted, now 9,517,618, issued on Dec. 13, 2016, previously published as PCT/IB2013/051719, filed on Mar. 5, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/635,180, filed on Apr. 18, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/611,505, filed on Mar. 15, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/611,497, filed on Mar. 15, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2022/0339927 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/005 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/0057 (2013.01) [G03G 2215/00147 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00151 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of installing a belt to a printing system comprising an image forming system at which drops of ink are deposited to form an image, an impression station at which the formed ink-images are transferred to substrate, and lateral tracks, the method comprising:
a. providing a flexible belt comprising an elongate strip wherein formations are provided along the sides of the elongate strip;
b. feeding the strip through the lateral tracks; and
c. attaching the ends of the strip to each other to form the endless loop, wherein after steps (a)-(c) are carried out: (i) the formations that are provided on each side of the elongate strip engage the lateral tracks in such a manner as to place the belt under width ways tension and to constrain the belt to follow a continuous path defined by the lateral tracks, and (ii) the belt has a degree of elasticity in a width ways direction that is greater than the elasticity of the belt in a longitudinal direction.