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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2010
Tomohiro Takeda, Minamiashigara, JP;
Ryoji Sugimoto, Minamiashigara, JP;
Masatoshi Norigoe, Minamiashigara, JP;
Hisashi Fukasawa, Saitama, JP;
Tomohiro Takeda, Minamiashigara, JP;
Ryoji Sugimoto, Minamiashigara, JP;
Masatoshi Norigoe, Minamiashigara, JP;
Hisashi Fukasawa, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conveyance member includes: a rotating shaft; a plurality of support members that extend from the rotating shaft in a direction crossing an axial direction of the rotating shaft; and a plurality of arcuate members each having one end supported respectively by one of the support members, and having another end extending in a direction other than the axial direction so as to form an arc, wherein: when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, there are a plurality of overlapping areas in which adjacent arcuate members overlap in the axial direction; and a length of at least one of the plurality of overlapping areas close to one end of the rotating shaft is greater than a length of each of the overlapping areas in the axial direction toward another end of the rotating shaft.