Driving force transmitting device and image forming apparatus including the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKunihiko Kitayama, Kohei Deno
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Abstract
A driving force transmitting apparatus includes a driving source; a drive pulley rotatable by a driving force supplied from the driving source; a follower pulley rotatable with a member to be rotated; a belt member extending around a cylindrical surface of the driving pulley and a cylindrical surface of the follower pulley; and an intermediate transmission member disposed between the driving pulley and the follower pulley, the intermediate transmission member having a rigidity higher than that of the belt member and contacted to the pulleys or opposed to the pulleys with the belt member therebetween.
Claims7
A driving force transmitting apparatus comprising:
- a driving source;
- a drive pulley rotatable by a driving force supplied from said driving source;
- a follower pulley rotatable with a member to be rotated;
- a belt member extending around a cylindrical surface of said driving pulley and a cylindrical surface of said follower pulley;
- and
- an intermediate transmission member disposed between said driving pulley and said follower pulley, said intermediate transmission member having a rigidity higher than that of said belt member and contacted to said pulleys or opposed to said pulleys with said belt member therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.