Patent ID: 7853190

Claim:
A conveying device comprising: a cylindrical first roller; a cylindrical second roller that has a surface hardness higher than a surface hardness of the first roller; and a belt placed in a state surrounding either the first roller or the second roller, the conveying device moving an object to be conveyed by bringing the first roller and the second roller in pressure contact with each other via the belt and making the object pass through a nip portion formed of the belt and the first roller or the second roller facing the belt, wherein a length in a lengthwise direction of an outer peripheral portion of the first roller is shorter than a length in a lengthwise direction of an outer peripheral portion of the second roller, and a difference between the length in the lengthwise direction of the outer peripheral portion of the first roller and the length in the lengthwise direction of the outer peripheral portion of the second roller is not smaller than 2 mm.