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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2010
Koichi Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Kibune, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuro Kamiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Junya Takigawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Hirose, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Nagao, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Kibune, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuro Kamiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Junya Takigawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Hirose, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuya Nagao, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt conveying device includes an endless belt stretched by a plurality of rollers; a drive unit that is connected to one of the plurality of rollers and drives the roller; a plurality of belt velocity detectors that are arranged at a plurality of locations along a belt width direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the endless belt and detect conveyance velocities of the endless belt; and a belt-inclination calculating unit that calculates an inclination of the endless belt in the moving direction from a difference between conveyance velocities of the endless belt detected by the plurality of belt velocity detectors.