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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2020
Atsushi Nakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiichi Kogure, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Hamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Nakamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Seiichi Kogure, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Hamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Akiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt running device includes a plurality of rollers, a belt, a guide, a regulating member, and an abutting member. The belt is wound around the plurality of rollers and configured to rotate. The guide is provided at an end of an inner peripheral surface of the belt. The regulating member is provided at an end of at least one roller of the plurality of rollers in the axial direction of the at least one roller and configured to contact the guide and regulate a movement of the belt in the axial direction of the at least one roller. The abutting member is configured to contact an outer peripheral surface of the belt to press the belt inward in a vicinity of a contact start point at which the guide and the regulating member start to contact when the belt runs.