Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Belt device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 皮带装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US12171613Application Date: 2008-07-11
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Publication No.: US08233823B2Publication Date: 2012-07-31
- Inventor: Tomoya Adachi , Takafumi Miyazaki , Mitsutoshi Kichise , Takeshi Yamashita
- Applicant: Tomoya Adachi , Takafumi Miyazaki , Mitsutoshi Kichise , Takeshi Yamashita
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-184988 20070713; JP2007-265863 20071011
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
A belt is supported by a plurality of rollers and is driven to move in a predetermined direction. A flange member is configured to make contact with a portion of an edge surface of the belt in its width direction. A pressing member presses on a surface of the belt in its thickness direction at a position near a contact portion of the belt with the flange member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090016772A1 BELT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-01-15
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