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Belt device and image forming apparatus

US7310488B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by
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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 12, 2004
Grant dateDec 18, 2007
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/168
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A belt device includes an endless belt, a plurality of rollers around which the endless belt is wound, and a foreign material entry preventing member disposed on at least one side of the endless belt in the width direction. The foreign material entry preventing member prevents the entry of the foreign material into a region surrounded by the endless belt.

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