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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2008
Takeshi Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Akira Matayoshi, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Akira Matayoshi, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An endless belt is provided with an endless belt body and a meandering prevention member in the form of a flat bar. The belt body includes a folded trace extending in the width direction thereof. The meandering prevention member is attached on one widthwise end of a circumferential surface of the belt body such that one widthwise end of the folded trace is covered thereby and the opposite longitudinal ends of the meandering prevention member abut each other in a rotating direction of the belt body. An abutting portion at the opposite ends of the meandering prevention member is arranged at a position displaced from the folded trace by a specified distance in the rotating direction of the belt body.