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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Koji Miyake, Yokohama, JP;
Satoru Hori, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/1615 (2013.01); G03G 15/161 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00139 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00616 (2013.01); G03G 2215/1614 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging system includes an endless belt, a tensioning system that applies tension to the endless belt, a contact member that engages with the endless belt, and a detector that detects slack at a part of the endless belt. A controller causes the contact member to be separated from the endless belt so that the tensioning system reduces the slack of the endless belt in response to the detector detecting the slack.