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Belt-conveyor device and image forming apparatus

US7686158B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 2006
Grant dateMar 30, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 24, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/0158
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A belt-conveyor device includes a detecting unit that detects a belt position in a width direction of the endless belt for a plurality of times within more than a cycle of the endless belt, the width direction being a direction orthogonal to direction of travel of the endless belt; an average calculating unit that calculates an average belt position from the belt positions detected by the detecting unit; a storing unit that stores therein a plural sets of correction values and belt positions; and a meander correcting unit that corrects meander of the endless belt based on a correction value that corresponds with the average belt position in the storing unit.

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