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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2003
Hidekazu Matsuda, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Akihiko Nakazwa, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Tanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Tsunenori Ashibe, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kusaba, Shizuoka, JP;
Ryota Kashiwabara, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuji Sakurai, Shizuoka, JP;
Hidekazu Matsuda, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Akihiko Nakazwa, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Tanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Tsunenori Ashibe, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kusaba, Shizuoka, JP;
Ryota Kashiwabara, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuji Sakurai, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrophotographic endless belt has a belt-like substrate, and a meandering-preventive member for preventing the electrophotographic endless belt from meandering and a position detection member for detecting a prescribed position of the electrophotographic endless belt. The meandering preventive member is, disposed on the inner-periphery side of one end portion of the belt-like substrate, and the position detection member is disposed on the outer-periphery side of the other end portion of the belt-like substrate. The meandering-preventive member and the position detection member are kept apart by a distance of from 200 mm to 250 mm in the width direction of the electrophotographic endless belt. A process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus employ such an electrophotographic endless belt as an intermediate transfer belt.