IP Library Granted Patent US 7,987,971
Granted Patent B2
US 7,987,971 · App. 12/554,230 · Granted Aug 2, 2011

Belt device and fixing device

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Patent No.
US 7,987,971
App. No.
12/554,230
Granted
Aug 2, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A belt device includes a belt; a driving unit that is provided inside the belt and drives the belt; a supporting unit that is provided inside the belt and supports the belt; and a position determination member that is fixed to one end in an axial direction of the driving unit or the supporting unit and comes in contact with an edge portion of the belt in the case where the belt is mounted so as to determine a position of the belt.

Claims (17)

1. A belt device comprising:

a belt;

a driving unit that is provided inside the belt and drives the belt;

a supporting unit that is provided inside the belt and supports the belt;

a position determination member that is fixed to one end in an axial direction of the driving unit or the supporting unit and comes in contact with an edge portion of the belt in the case where the belt is mounted so as to determine a position of the belt;

an opening and closing mechanism, which is rotated relative to the belt, to be opened and closed; and

a tension applying unit that applies tension to the belt when the opening and closing mechanism is closed,

wherein, when the tension is applied to the belt by the tension applying unit, contact between edge portions of the belt and the position determination member is released.

2. The belt device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a placement member that is provided on a side where the position determination member is provided, aligning axial directions of the driving unit and the supporting unit with a direction of gravity.

3. The belt device according to claim 1 , wherein the tension applying unit is a pushing unit that is provided in the opening and closing mechanism and pushes the belt from an outside of the belt.

4. A belt device comprising:

a belt;

a driving unit that is provided inside the belt and drives the belt;

a supporting unit that is provided inside the belt and supports the belt;

a position determination member that is fixed to one end in an axial direction of the driving unit or the supporting unit and comes in contact with an edge portion of the belt in the case where the belt is mounted so as to determine a position of the belt; and

a placement member that is provided on a side where the position determination member is provided, aligning axial directions of the driving unit and the supporting unit with a direction of gravity.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2009
From: KIMURA, KOUICHI; SASAKI, TAKANORI; SASAKI, TOSHINORI; TAKAHASHI, MASAKAZU; KAMIYA, SHOGO; FUJIMOTO, YASUNORI; KONISHI, MASATAKA; HAMASAKI, HITOSHI; YANO, KEITA; FUKUCHI, AKIRA; MATSUZAKA, SATOSHI; EDA, MASAKATSU
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023197/0015 →