Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with belt steering apparatus
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Application No.: US14659301Application Date: 2015-03-16
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Publication No.: US09651899B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Jiro Makinodan
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2014-053229 20140317
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
A steering roller autonomously steers an intermediate transfer belt. A pre-secondary-transfer roller is disposed at a position upstream of and adjacent to a driving roller also functioning as a transfer inner roller, and includes a rubber material on at least a surface thereof. This suppresses movement of the intermediate transfer belt even when a lateral-deviation converging position is changed by the change of position of the driving roller having large frictional force due to the pressing force of a secondary transfer roller. Hence, the belt deviation amount is reduced, and the time until lateral deviation converges is shortened.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150261142A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-09-17
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