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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2020
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiro Meguro, Hiratsuka Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Kogiso, Numazu Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a belt positioning structure includes a belt roller around which an endless belt is wound. The belt comprises a belt-side positioning component curbing position aberration from the belt roller in a roller shaft direction. The belt roller comprises a roller-side positioning component curbing position aberration of the belt in a belt shaft direction. The roller-side positioning component comprises a regulation plate formed along a virtual tapered surface that has a diameter on one side in the roller shaft direction larger than a diameter on an opposite side of the regulation plate. The regulation plate comprises a movement regulation component that regulates movement of the belt-side positioning component to the one side of the belt-side positioning component in the roller shaft direction and strengthens a movement regulation force to the one side of the belt-side positioning component in the roller shaft direction.