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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2002
Masahiro Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuyuki Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Kuramoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuichi Nishide, Kanagawa, JP;
Mituo Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuyuki Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Kuramoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuichi Nishide, Kanagawa, JP;
Mituo Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt transporting device for circulatingly transporting an endless belt, which is in use with an image forming apparatus, such as copying machine or a printer. The belt transporting device includes a plurality of tension rolls, an endless belt laid on the tension rolls, the endless belt having a belt-end edge part protruding from an end of one of the tension roll and a guide member provided in the vicinity of the endless belt. The guide member comes in contact with the belt-end edge part so as to bend the belt-end edge part in a tapering-off direction. The guide member regulates the shape of the belt-end edge part so that a rotary peripheral length of the belt-end edge part becomes smaller than that of an area where a rear side of the endless belt is in contact with the tension roll.