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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2010
Satoru Yonemoto, Osaka, JP;
Satoru Yonemoto, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A belt device includes an endless belt bearing a toner image having a plurality of different colors superimposed one on another, a plurality of rollers on which the belt is mounted, a meandering correcting member correcting the meandering of the belt in a belt width direction, a sensor detecting the position of an end surface of the belt in a width direction of the belt, an adjusting mechanism adjusting the movement of the meandering correcting member, and a controller controlling the adjusting mechanism based on the position detection of the belt end surface by the sensor. The controller controls the adjusting mechanism so that the belt end surface approaches a specified target position and lies within a specified position range including the specified target position. The specified position range is set based on the magnitude of fluctuation of the position of the belt end surface.