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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2015
Applicants:
Yoshiki Hozumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Naomi Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuchika Saeki, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 5/02 (2006.01); B65H 5/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); B65H 5/021 (2013.01); B65H 5/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A recording medium conveying device includes an endless belt to convey a recording medium, a plurality of support rollers around which the belt is wound, to rotate the belt, and a cleaner in contact with the belt to clean the belt. One of the plurality of support rollers is a separation support roller, mounted on a tiltable rotary shaft, to separate the recording medium from the belt using a curvature of the separation support roller. The separation support roller includes a contact member to contact an edge of the belt when the belt laterally moves toward one side of the belt.