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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2015
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Yamamoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Mamoru Fukaya, Nagoya, JP;
Masataka Yagi, Okazaki, JP;
Toru Hayase, Toyohashi, JP;
Ryuta Akiyama, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A belt-drive device includes a roller, a belt, and a meandering prevention member. The roller is rotatable about an axis. The belt is wound on an outer circumferential surface of the roller. The meandering prevention member is attached to an end of the roller and abuts a side of the belt in the direction of the axis. The meandering prevention member is elastically deformable and has an annular shape. The meandering prevention member has an inner circumferential surface whose diameter is less than an outer diameter of the roller before the meandering prevention member is attached to the roller.