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.: US13492338Application Date: 2012-06-08
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Publication No.: US08577261B2Publication Date: 2013-11-05
- Inventor: Makoto Nakura , Junji Shirakawa , Hiroshi Suzuki
- Applicant: Makoto Nakura , Junji Shirakawa , Hiroshi Suzuki
- 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: JP2007-324929 20071217
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
A belt member is supported by a plurality of rollers and moves in a predetermined moving direction. A detecting unit detects a displacement of the belt member in its width direction. A correcting unit moves a second end of a first roller from among the rollers in either one of a forward direction and a backward direction while fixing its first end based on a result of detecting the displacement of the belt member such that a tilt of a rotating shaft of the first roller is changed to correct a meandering of the belt member. An adjusting unit adjusts a fixing position of the first end.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120257915A1 BELT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-10-11
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