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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2020
Naohiro Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanari Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Kawagoe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaharu Furuya, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Nakamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Hozumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanari Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Kawagoe, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaharu Furuya, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Nakamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Hozumi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt device includes a belt wound around a plurality of rollers, one of the plurality of rollers, and a belt contact member disposed on the one of the plurality of rollers. The belt rotates along with the plurality of rollers. The belt contact member faces an edge of the belt in an axial direction of the one of the plurality of rollers and includes a flat portion and a separation portion. The flat portion forms a plane perpendicular to the axial direction of the one of the plurality of rollers. The separation portion is disposed outboard of the flat portion in a radial direction of the one of the plurality of rollers and has a surface located farther from the edge of the belt than the flat portion in the axial direction of the one of the plurality of rollers.