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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Takatoshi Chiba, Kashiwa, JP;
Inventor:
Takatoshi Chiba, Kashiwa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A conveyor-belt apparatus includes a belt, a supporting member that rotatably supports the belt, a moving unit that displaces at least one end of the supporting member in a longitudinal direction to move the belt in the longitudinal direction, and a tension changing unit that changes a tension of the belt in accordance with the moving state of the belt in the longitudinal direction when the moving unit displaces the end of the supporting member.