Patent ID: 8295748

Claim:
A belt conveying apparatus comprising: an endless belt; a supporting member that rotatably supports the belt; a first abutment member that abuts against one end of the belt in a belt width direction; a first biasing member that urges the first abutment member against the other end of the belt in the belt width direction; a sensor that detects the position of the first abutment member in the belt width direction; a deviation mechanism that deviates the supporting member in response to an output from the sensor; a second abutment member that abuts against the other end of the belt in the belt width direction; and a second biasing member that urges the second abutment member toward one end of the belt in the belt width direction in such a manner that the first abutment member is moved against the first biasing member by the second abutment member according to a predetermined breakage at the other end of the belt in the belt width direction.