Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Belt device and image forming apparatus incorporating same
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Application No.: US16355764Application Date: 2019-03-17
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Publication No.: US10558148B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Osamu Ichihashi
- Applicant: Osamu Ichihashi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2018-067412 20180330; JP2018-166143 20180905
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16

Abstract:
A belt device includes a plurality of rollers, a belt stretched and supported around the plurality of rollers, a roller shaft included in one of the plurality of rollers and configured to rotate along with the one of the plurality of rollers, a shaft inclination member slidably supported by the roller shaft, a cleaning member opposed to the one of the plurality of rollers via the belt, a bearing configured to rotatably support the roller shaft, and a support configured to rotatably support the bearing. The shaft inclination member is configured to incline the roller shaft in conjunction with movement in which the belt moves in a width direction of the belt device. The cleaning member is configured to clean the belt. The bearing is configured to stationarily support the cleaning member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190302654A1 BELT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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