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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Kunio Tabata, Shiojiri, JP;
Toshiyuki Suzuki, Shiojiri, JP;
Atsushi Oshima, Shiojiri, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporaton, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 39/16 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A belt transport device includes: a drive roller which is driven by a power source; a driven roller which is held in a rotatable manner; an endless belt which is wound on the drive roller and the driven roller; a band-like detecting section which is arranged on the endless belt in a circumferential direction of the endless belt; a sensor which detects the band-like detecting section; a displacement unit which displaces a relative positional relationship between the band-like detecting section and the sensor in a width direction of the endless belt.