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Belt supporting device and automatic document feeding apparatus using the device

US6113095A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 24, 1998
Grant dateSep 5, 2000
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Expiry dateJul 24, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/60
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A belt supporting device includes a first support member for supporting a belt pulley, the member having a smaller width than that of the outer peripheral surface of the pulley, an endless belt wound on the pulley, a second support member for forming between the endless belt wound on the pulley and the second support member a space for extracting the endless belt in the axial direction of the pulley, and a positioning member located movably in and out of the space to maintain the space by entering the space and to thereby position the first and second support members.

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