Imaging system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorKoji MIYAKE
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Abstract
An imaging system includes a steering roller and a positioning mechanism. The steering roller extends along a longitudinal direction, and being tiltable about a fulcrum to adjust an alignment position of an endless belt. The positioning mechanism is coupled to the steering roller, to position an adjustable position of the fulcrum of the steering roller, along the longitudinal direction of the steering roller. The positioning mechanism includes a guide that extends along the longitudinal direction of the steering roller, and a protrusion that engages with the guide, and that is located at the adjustable position of the fulcrum.
Claims15
An imaging system comprising:
- a steering roller extending along a longitudinal direction, and being tiltable about a fulcrum to adjust an alignment position of an endless belt;
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- a positioning mechanism coupled to the steering roller, to position an adjustable position of the fulcrum of the steering roller, along the longitudinal direction of the steering roller, wherein the positioning mechanism includes:
- a guide extending along the longitudinal direction of the steering roller, and
- a protrusion to engage with the guide, the protrusion being located at the adjustable position of the fulcrum.
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 pair of bearings to rotatably support the steering roller about an axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the steering roller;
- a bearing supporting member extending in the longitudinal direction of the steering roller, to hold the pair of bearings, and being inclinable together with the steering roller;
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- a positioning mechanism to adjust an adjustable position of the fulcrum of the steering roller along the longitudinal direction of the steering roller, wherein the positioning mechanism includes:
- a slide member extending in a longitudinal direction of the first belt roller, the slide member comprising a columnar member that protrudes toward the bearing supporting member and constitutes the fulcrum of the steering roller, and
- a recess portion formed in the bearing supporting member, and extending in the longitudinal direction of the steering roller, the recess portion to accommodate the columnar member.
A transfer belt system comprising:
- a steering roller extending along a longitudinal direction, and being tiltable about a fulcrum to adjust an alignment position of a transfer belt that is an endless belt;
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- a positioning mechanism coupled to the steering roller, to position an adjustable position of the fulcrum of the steering roller, along the longitudinal direction of the steering roller,
- wherein the positioning mechanism includes:
- a guide extending along the longitudinal direction of the steering roller;
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- a protrusion to engage with the guide, the protrusion being located at the adjustable position of the fulcrum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.