Invention Application
- Patent Title: BELT DEVICE, BELT REGULATOR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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Application No.: US16739134Application Date: 2020-01-10
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Publication No.: US20200241449A1Publication Date: 2020-07-30
- Inventor: Yuji KATO
- Applicant: Yuji KATO
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@723e7906 com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@3f9e04c2
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16

Abstract:
A belt device includes a belt configured to rotate, a plurality of stretch rollers configured to stretch the belt wound around the plurality of stretch rollers, and a belt alignment mechanism configured to align the belt. At least one of the plurality of stretch rollers has a diameter at a center greater than diameters at both ends in an axial direction of the at least one of the plurality of stretch rollers. The diameter at the center and the diameters at both ends are different from a diameter of the other of the plurality of stretch rollers.
Public/Granted literature
- US10890864B2 Belt device, belt regulator, and image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2021-01-12
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