Patent ID: 11934115
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A transport device for an image forming apparatus comprising:
a belt member that runs in a loop to transport an object to be transported, the belt member having an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface;
a rotary member that is pressed against one of the outer and inner circumferential surfaces of the belt member and that is movable in a predetermined moving direction; and
a pressing member that presses the rotary member toward the one of the outer and inner circumferential surfaces of the belt member along a pressing direction, regardless of the moving in the moving direction and that moves in the moving direction while maintaining the angle thereof with respect to the moving direction when the rotary member moves in the moving direction,
wherein the rotary member is provided such that at least a portion thereof moves along a curved path;
the pressing member is located closer to a center of curvature of the curved path than the curved path;
the pressing member is movable about a shaft located closer to the center of curvature of the curved path than the curved path, so that the angle of the pressing member with respect to the moving direction is maintained; and
wherein a first end of the rotary member, the pressing member, and the center of curvature are aligned along the pressing direction.