| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an endless belt in which a decrease in the tensile strength of a deposited portion is suppressed and peeling of an belt-like member is suppressed, and to provide a method of manufacturing the same, a belt-holding device and an image forming apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: The endless belt 100 is configured, including the belt body 110, a rib member 120 disposed in the end portion of the inner circumferential surface of the belt body 110, and a reinforcing tape 130, disposed in the end portion of the outer circumferential surface of the belt body 110. One end portion in the circumferential direction of the reinforcing tape 130 is overlapped on the outer circumferential surface of the reinforcing tape 130 wound on the belt body 110, to form an overlapped portion 132. The overlapped portion 132 is provided with the deposited portion 134 for jointing an upper reinforcing tape 130A and a lower reinforcing tape 130B. In the deposited portion 134, the deposition depth of the end portion 134A of the deposited portion on one end portion side, in the circumferential direction of the upper reinforcing tape 130A (one-end side in the winding direction of the reinforcing tape 130) is larger than the deposition depth of the end portion 134B of the deposited portion on the side opposite from one-end portion side in the circumferential direction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT |
