Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Belt driving apparatus and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 皮带驱动装置和图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13599184Application Date: 2012-08-30
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Publication No.: US08774687B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Akihiro Shimizu , Keitaro Taoka
- Applicant: Akihiro Shimizu , Keitaro Taoka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2011-190724 20110901
- Main IPC: G03G15/01
- IPC: G03G15/01 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
A belt driving apparatus includes: an endless belt having a stepped region at its edge; a driving member for driving the endless belt; a moving member for moving the endless belt in a widthwise direction; a mark provided at a part of the endless belt with respect to a circumferential direction and located at a position corresponding to the stepped region of the endless belt with respect to a rotational direction; a mark detecting member for detecting the mark during rotation of the endless belt; an edge position detecting member for detecting a widthwise position of at least one of edges of the endless belt during rotation; and a controller for controlling, after the mark detecting member detects the mark, the moving member on the basis of a detection result of the edge other than the stepped region of the endless belt.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130058687A1 BELT DRIVING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2013-03-07
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