Patent ID: 11947286
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A belt conveyance device, comprising:
a belt that is endless;
a plurality of rollers that rotatably stretch the belt therearound; and
a correction mechanism that corrects meandering of the belt with respect to the rollers,
wherein
the correction mechanism includes
a pair of inclined bearings that include a pair of inclined portions inclined to be symmetric with respect to an axial direction of the rollers, that rotatably support a shaft portion of one roller among the plurality of rollers, and that are movable in an axial direction of the one roller, and
a pair of main body guides that contact the pair of inclined portions, and that, when the belt meanders, cause one end part side of the one roller in the axial direction thereof to move in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction thereof, along with the pair of inclined bearings that move in the axial direction of the one roller as a result of the meandering of the belt; and

the pair of inclined portions and the pair of main body guides are disposed inward of opposite end parts of the one roller in the axial direction thereof, as seen from a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the one roller.