Patent ID: 8821665

Claim:
A method for making an intermediate transfer belt for use in an image recording device comprising: shaping a transparent belt base having opposite ends into a tubular shape with the ends thereof spaced away from or in contact with each other to make a tubular belt base, forming a continuous transparent polyurethane elastomer layer on the outer periphery of the tubular belt base, the forming the continuous transparent polyurethane elastomer layer comprising: forming a discontinuous transparent polyurethane elastomer layer on the outer periphery of the tubular belt base excluding the space or the contact portion between the ends; filling the gap of the discontinuous transparent polyurethane elastomer layer located on the space or the contact portion with a liquid of a curable polyurethane elastomer; and curing the liquid in the gap, and connecting the ends of the tubular transparent belt base spaced away from or in contact with each other to form a joint.