发明名称 |
Conveyor system and image forming apparatus including same |
摘要 |
A conveyor system includes a first conveyor belt entrained about a separation roller and a support roller disposed upstream from the separation roller, a second conveyor belt entrained about a first roller disposed at an uppermost stream in a transport direction of a sheet-type medium and a second roller disposed downstream therefrom, a belt alignment device to tilt a rotary shaft of the separation roller to restrict a range of belt mistracking of the first conveyor belt in a width direction thereof within a predetermined range, and a restriction member to restrict an amount of inclination of the rotary shaft such that a hypothetical extended plane, which is a hypothetical extension of the outer circumferential surface of the first conveyor belt between the separation roller and the support roller to a downstream side in the transport direction, does not contact a rotational center axis of the first roller. |
申请公布号 |
US9417565(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.08.16 |
申请号 |
US201514789606 |
申请日期 |
2015.07.01 |
申请人 |
Ricoh Company, Ltd. |
发明人 |
Hozumi Yoshiki;Iwaya Naoki;Takahashi Yasufumi;Furuya Masaharu;Sugimoto Naomi;Saeki Kazuchika |
分类号 |
G03G15/00;B65H3/06;B65H5/02;G03G15/16 |
主分类号 |
G03G15/00 |
代理机构 |
Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P |
代理人 |
Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P |
主权项 |
1. A image forming apparatus, comprising:
a transfer belt formed into an endless loop, entrained about and stretched taut between a plurality of rollers including a separation roller including a rotary shaft and a support roller disposed upstream from the separation roller in a traveling direction of the transfer belt, to carry a sheet-type medium on an outer circumferential surface of the transfer belt; a conveyor belt formed into an endless loop, entrained about and stretched taut between a plurality of rollers including a first roller disposed at an uppermost stream in a transport direction of the sheet-type medium and a second roller disposed downstream from the first roller, to carry, on an outer circumferential surface of the conveyor belt, the sheet-type medium separated from a wound portion of the transfer belt wound around the separation roller; a belt alignment device to tilt the rotary shaft of the separation roller to restrict a range of belt mistracking of the transfer belt in a width direction of the transfer belt within a predetermined range; and a restriction member to restrict an amount of inclination of the rotary shaft of the separation roller such that a hypothetical extended plane, which is a hypothetical extension of the outer circumferential surface of the transfer belt between the separation roller and the support roller to a downstream side in the transport direction, does not contact a rotational center axis of the first roller. |
地址 |
Tokyo JP |