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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2001
Takashi Wakana, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt unit is attached to an apparatus. The belt unit includes a drive roller and an idle roller about which a belt is entrained and runs, and a first bearing fitted to a shaft about which the drive roller rotates. The apparatus includes a cutout that receives the first bearing, and a locking member that engages the bearing to firmly hold the first bearing in position. A line passing through the centers of the first and second gears makes an angle with a vertical line passing through the center of the first gear, the angle being larger than a pressure angle between the first gear and the second gear. The apparatus has a groove that extends in a direction parallel to the direction of travel of the belt and receives the bearing of the idle roller.