Patent ID: 7945347
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
1. A method of designing a floating roller in a tensioning system for a closed loop belt within a processing machine, said method comprising: inputting an external radius of said floating roller, a measure of elasticity of said closed loop belt, a thickness of said closed loop belt, a width of said closed loop belt, and angles over which said closed loop belt contacts said floating roller; and adjusting a mass of said floating roller and a rotational inertia of said floating roller based on said external radius of said floating roller, said measure of elasticity of said closed loop belt, said thickness of said closed loop belt, said width of said closed loop belt, and said angles over which said closed loop belt contacts said floating roller such that said floating roller maintains a constant tension on said closed loop belt as said closed loop belt is passing through said tensioning system.