Vacuum belt
    1.
    发明授权
    Vacuum belt 失效
    真空皮带

    公开(公告)号:US3741116A

    公开(公告)日:1973-06-26

    申请号:US3741116D

    申请日:1970-06-25

    发明人: GREEN M OLTRA C BUBLEY H

    IPC分类号: B41F15/20 B41F1/00

    CPC分类号: B41F15/20

    摘要: An improved conveying means for feeding and removing sheet stock to and from a selected area for printing or the like. The conveying means is inexpensively formed from an endless belt of monofilament polyester mesh which moves across a vacuum base disposed beneath a printing head. The mesh functions as a conveying means and is supported by the vacuum base during printing. The mesh size is fine enough to permit the printing of high quality thin paper stock without discernible mesh marks appearing after printing is complete. Vacuum is applied to the underside of the stock to be printed through the mesh from a known type of vacuum base with sufficient force generated to hold the sheet stock properly positioned during printing and feeding. The mesh is of the order of from about 140 to 300 threads per inch. In another embodiment of the invention, the vacuum belt principle is shown in another form wherein it functions as a take-off conveyor which functions to assist in holding the stock during printing. A small manifold functions as a belt guide and is all that is required to pull the stock onto the conveyor.