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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2015
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kotaro Takifuji, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Nakano, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a belt wound around a plurality of rollers, and a restriction portion disposed outside a specific roller of the plurality of rollers in a rotational axis direction of the specific roller, the restriction portion being configured to restrict movement of the belt in the rotational axis direction by contacting an end surface of the belt in the rotational axis direction, the belt having a first outer circumferential surface of an end portion of the belt in the rotational axis direction, the end portion including the end surface contactable with the restriction portion, and a second outer circumferential surface of a middle portion of the belt in the rotational axis direction, the first outer circumferential surface being positioned outside the second outer circumferential surface in a radial direction of the specific roller, the first outer circumferential surface being parallel to the second outer circumferential surface.