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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Ikeda, Shizuoka, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus is equipped with a conveyance device configured to include a rotatable first pulley and a rotatable second pulley arranged side by side, a belt hung on a first pulley and a second pulley and a conveyance roller connected with the belt on the outer periphery of the first pulley and rotating together with the belt, and sandwich and convey a recording medium at a nip part between the conveyance roller and the belt. The axis of the second pulley of the conveyance device is rotated by the rotating mechanism by taking the axis of the first pulley as a fulcrum.