ENDLESS BELT, BELT DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endless belt having a lateral end part with improved strength without causing separation of a reinforcement part.SOLUTION: The endless belt 44 stretched on a plurality of rollers and moving circularly includes an endless base layer 44a and an elastic layer 44b formed in a circumferential direction H on an outer circumferential surface 44a1 of the base layer 44a. The elastic layer 44b includes: an elastic layer body 44b1 formed on a part 44a3 other than both ends 44a2 in the width direction H on the outer circumferential surface 44a1 of the base layer 44a; and an elastic layer end part 44b2 formed on both ends 44a2 in the outer circumferential surface 44a1 of the base layer 44a and having hardness higher than that of the elastic layer body 44b1.