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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2023
Hiroki Ishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohki Asada, Tokyo, JP;
Teppei Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Nozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehiro Nakamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Hiroki Ishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohki Asada, Tokyo, JP;
Teppei Kikuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Nozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehiro Nakamura, Ibaraki, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device attaches and detaches at least one of rollers in a belt conveyor in which an endless belt is wound around the rollers between a front plate and a rear plate of the belt conveyor. The device includes a guide and a roller holder. The guide has a base end and extends along a longitudinal direction of the detachable roller and includes a guide groove. The roller holder holds the detachable roller and includes an engagement portion, another engagement portion, and a guided portion. The engagement portion detachably engages with the front plate. The other engagement portion detachably engages with the rear plate. The guided portion slides along the guide groove toward the rear side or the front side of the device to engage or disengage the engagement portion with or from the front plate and engage or disengage the other engagement portion with or from the rear plate.