Patent ID: 8016968

Claim:
A process for producing a seamed, flexible electrostatographic imaging member belt comprising: a) providing a flexible, substantially rectangular, electrostatographic imaging sheet having a first major exterior surface opposite and parallel to a second major exterior surface and a first marginal end region of said sheet opposite and parallel with a second marginal end region; b) providing an apparatus for cutting the imaging sheet, the apparatus comprising i) a support member, ii) a blade support member connected to the support member, and iii) a blade assembly connected to the blade support member, the blade assembly having a cutting blade, wherein the blade support member comprises an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface defines a plane and the cutting blade defines a plane, and wherein the plane of the lower surface and the plane of the cutting blade join together along a line and wherein the angle between the planes is less than 90°; c) shaping said first marginal end region at an angle with the apparatus to form a first new sloping surface between the first major exterior surface and the second major exterior surface; d) shaping said second marginal end region at an angle with the apparatus to form a second new sloping surface between the first major exterior surface and the second major exterior surface, wherein the second new sloping surface is substantially parallel with the first new sloping surface; e) forming the sheet into a loop and overlapping said first new sloping surface with said second new sloping surface to form a mated region; and f) joining said first new sloping surface to said second new sloping surface in the mated region to form a seam.