Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus capable of adjusting tension of endless belt
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Application No.: US17666954Application Date: 2022-02-08
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Publication No.: US11693346B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Yasuo Suzuki
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP 21113281 2021.07.08
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt to rotate, belt rollers including a tension roller and an adjustment roller extending inside the endless belt, a nip roller extending adjacent the endless belt to form a nip between the nip roller and the endless belt, and a cam shaft that includes a nip forming cam and a tension adjustment cam. The nip forming cam moves the nip roller between a pressed position in which the nip roller is pressed against the endless belt, and a retracted position in which the nip roller is retracted from the endless belt. The tension adjustment cam moves the adjustment roller relative to the tension roller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230009394A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING TENSION OF ENDLESS BELT Public/Granted day:2023-01-12
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