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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2014
Naoki Iwaya, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Furuya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Hozumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasufumi Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Iwaya, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Furuya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiki Hozumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasufumi Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt conveyor unit includes a plurality of rollers around which a belt is entrained, including a first roller, a second roller disposed opposite the first roller via the belt, and a third roller other than the first roller and the second roller, and a belt alignment device including a shaft moving device to tilt a rotary shaft of the third roller upon receiving a moving force of the belt moving in a width direction of the belt in an axial direction of the rotary shaft to adjust displacement of the belt. The shaft moving device includes an axial-direction displacement member including a slanted surface that moves to a first side in the width direction of the belt along the rotary shaft upon receiving the moving force of the belt, and a fixation member to contact the slanted surface from the first side in the width direction of the belt.