Endless belt comprising a meandering-prevention member, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus using such an endless belt
US6856776B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 25, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0016
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electrophotographic endless belt has a belt-like substrate, and a meandering-preventive member for preventing the electrophotographic endless belt from meandering and a position detection member for detecting a prescribed position of the electrophotographic endless belt. The meandering preventive member is, disposed on the inner-periphery side of one end portion of the belt-like substrate, and the position detection member is disposed on the outer-periphery side of the other end portion of the belt-like substrate. The meandering-preventive member and the position detection member are kept apart by a distance of from 200 mm to 250 mm in the width direction of the electrophotographic endless belt. A process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus employ such an electrophotographic endless belt as an intermediate transfer belt.
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