Patent ID: 8157684

Claim:
A belt driving apparatus, comprising: a plurality of rollers; a belt that is entrained about said plurality of rollers; a pulley that is rotatably mounted to at least one of said plurality of rollers; a belt guide that is secured to an inner surface of said belt and is guided by said pulley, said belt guide being formed of plastic having a dissipation factor of tan δ≧0.05 at a resonance frequency of 1 Hz±10% and at a temperature of 50±0.5° C., and storage modulus in the range of 2.2×10 7 ≧E′≧8.0×10 6 (Pa) at a resonance frequency of 1 Hz±10% and at a temperature of 50±0.5° C., wherein said belt guide is stamped from a sheet of material, a convex surface of said belt guide is bonded to said belt.