Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Belt device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15394372Application Date: 2016-12-29
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Publication No.: US09720361B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Yuusuke Furuichi , Yoshihiro Fukuhata , Tomohiko Fujii
- Applicant: Yuusuke Furuichi , Yoshihiro Fukuhata , Tomohiko Fujii
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2014-203850 20141002
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A belt device includes an endless belt and a rotary driver contacting an outer circumferential surface of the belt to drive and rotate the belt. An opposed belt support is disposed opposite the rotary driver and in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the belt. A rotary belt support is disposed opposite the rotary driver via the opposed belt support and in contact with the inner circumferential surface of the belt. A belt support holder holds the opposed belt support and the rotary belt support to retain a predetermined interval between the opposed belt support and the rotary belt support. A biasing assembly presses against the belt support holder to move the opposed belt support and the rotary belt support collectively with respect to the rotary driver and bias the opposed belt support against the rotary driver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170108807A1 BELT DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-04-20
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