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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2007
Yosuke Shimizu, Toyokawa, JP;
Etsuaki Urano, Okazaki, JP;
Masanori Murakami, Toyohashi, JP;
Keisuke Inoue, Toyokawa, JP;
Tomohiko Masuda, Otsu, JP;
Yosuke Shimizu, Toyokawa, JP;
Etsuaki Urano, Okazaki, JP;
Masanori Murakami, Toyohashi, JP;
Keisuke Inoue, Toyokawa, JP;
Tomohiko Masuda, Otsu, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conveying device includes a cylindrical first roller, a cylindrical second roller that has a surface hardness higher than a surface hardness of the first roller, and a belt placed in a state surrounding either the first roller or the second roller. the conveying device moves an object to be conveyed by bringing the first roller and the second roller in pressure contact with each other via the belt and making the object pass through a nip portion formed of the belt and the first roller or the second roller facing the belt. A length in a lengthwise direction of an outer peripheral portion of the first roller is shorter than a length in a lengthwise direction of an outer peripheral portion of the second roller.