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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Miyazawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Takaaki Aoyagi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuri Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Hisatoshi Baba, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt driving device includes first and second steering rollers to stretch an endless belt, first and second pivoting mechanisms, and first and second detecting members to detect a position of the belt A first setting portion sets first and second pivoting instruction values through which the first and second steering rollers are pivoted in the same direction, and a second setting portion sets third and fourth pivoting instruction values through which the first and second steering rollers are pivoted in the opposite directions. A controller pivots the first steering roller by the first pivoting mechanism on the basis of an addition value of the first pivoting instruction value and the third pivoting instruction value, and pivots the second steering roller by the second pivoting mechanism on the basis of an addition value of the second pivoting instruction value and the fourth pivoting instruction value.