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Belt tensioner apparatus

US6055398A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 1999
Grant dateApr 25, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G23/44
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A non-resilient belt tensioning mechanism monitors and maintains tension in a photoreceptor belt. The belt tensioning mechanism causes one of at least a pair of rollers, around which a photoreceptor belt is entrained, to exert pressure against the photoreceptor belt to apply and maintain substantially constant tension in the belt.

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