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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2017
Yoshiki Hozumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naomi Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt control device includes a holder to movably support a rotation shaft of at least one of the plurality of rotators around which a belt is looped, a contact part to contact an end of the belt as the belt moves in a belt width direction, a stationary frame part disposed facing the holder, a shaft moving device to move the rotation shaft as the belt moves, and at least one projection disposed on one of the stationary frame part and the holder. The projection is to contact the other of the stationary frame part and the holder. The projection includes a long projection having a contact portion extending in a shaft moving direction in which the rotation shaft moves, and the contact portion is contactable with the other of the stationary frame part and the holder.