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US 11,520,253 B2Granted
Imaging system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorKoji Miyake
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Abstract
An imaging system includes: a steering roller located between a first belt roller and a second belt roller, that is inclinable around a fulcrum; and a sensor to detect an amount of displacement of the steering roller due to an inclination of the steering roller. A controller may output a command signal when the amount of displacement of the steering roller exceeds a reference value.
Claims15
An imaging system comprising:
- a steering roller located between a first belt roller and a second belt roller, the steering roller being inclinable around a fulcrum;
- a sensor to detect an amount of displacement of the steering roller due to an inclination of the steering roller;
- and
- a controller to output a command signal to stop a rotation of the first belt roller when the amount of displacement of the steering roller exceeds a reference value.
1 more element
A transfer belt system, comprising:
- a pair of belt rollers including a first belt roller and a second belt roller;
- an endless belt being wound about the first belt roller and the second belt roller;
- a steering roller located between the first belt roller and the second belt roller, the steering roller being inclinable about a fulcrum to displace an end of the steering roller;
- and
- a sensor to detect the amount of displacement of the end of the steering roller, the sensor being a contact-type sensor to detect the amount of displacement by detecting a contact with an end of the steering roller.
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A non-transitory memory device having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- detect an amount of displacement of a steering roller for an endless belt, due to an inclination of the steering roller;
- determine that the amount of displacement of the steering roller exceeds a reference value;
- and
- generate a command signal to stop a rotation of a first belt roller when the amount of displacement of the steering roller exceeds the reference value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.