Patent ID: 7773909
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A method for handling of an endless belt for an electrophotographic printer or copier wherein the endless belt is to be borne with aid of a first, a second, and a third cylindrical body during mounting of the belt into said printer or copier comprising the steps of inserting the first cylindrical body through a loop of the endless belt; arranging the second cylindrical body outside of the loop of the endless belt and parallel to the first cylindrical body; winding the endless belt around the first and second cylindrical bodies to form a wound unit and inserting the third cylindrical body through the loop at a free end of the endless belt before or during the winding of the first and the second cylindrical bodies with the endless belt; placing the three cylindrical bodies with the wound unit in a container with said wound unit resting on a continuous, smooth, sliding support surface structure in the container; and extracting the endless belt from the container such that as the third cylindrical body is being raised upwardly from the container said wound unit unwinds while ends of said first and second cylindrical bodies are, being supported by, and slide along said support surface structure.