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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
May. 12, 2022
Daisuke Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Furuichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Satoshi Tohkai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yumiko Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Yuusuke Furuichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Yukimichi Someya, Saitama, JP;
Satoshi Tohkai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yumiko Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt device includes a secured member, a belt, a pressure rotator, and lubricant. The belt has an endless shape and slides on a slide surface of the secured member. The belt has an inner portion having an elastic power of 55% or more and a sliding surface sliding on the slide surface of the secured member. The sliding surface has a surface roughness smaller than a surface roughness of the slide surface of the secured member. The pressure rotator presses the secured member via the belt to form a nip between the belt and the pressure rotator. The lubricant is interposed between the sliding surface of the belt and the slide surface of the secured member.