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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Yuushi Hirayama, Sagamihara, JP;
Mitsuru Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuosa Kuma, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and corresponding method, the image forming apparatus including a belt member supported by at least two rollers, an image forming member configured to form a patch pattern of image data on a surface of the belt member, a belt supporting member configured to support the belt member on a contact area thereof with respect to the belt member at a position higher than a tangent line of the at least two rollers, and a sensor configured to detect the patch pattern formed on the surface of the belt member at the contact area of the belt supporting member and the belt member.