# US 2021/0277981 A1 · Drive transmission device and image forming device

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- Number: US 2021/0277981 A1
- Document ID: US20210277981A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/189,559
- Filed: 2021-03-02
- Published: 2021-09-09
- Earliest claimed: 2020-03-03
- Assignees: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicants: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Inventors: Akihiro YAMAGUCHI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210277981A1

## CPC

- F16H 7/02: with belts; with V-belts
- F16H 55/36: Pulleys (with features essential for adjustment F16H55/52)
- F16H 57/01: Monitoring wear or stress of gearing elements, e.g. for triggering maintenance
- G03G 15/757: {Drive mechanisms for photosensitive medium, e.g. gears}
- G03G 21/1647: {Mechanical connection means}
- F16H 2057/014: {of friction elements in transmissions}
- G03G 2221/1657: transmitting mechanical drive power
- F16H: GEARING
- G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY

## Abstract

A drive transmission device is provided with a drive pulley driven by a motor, a driven pulley in which a bulging part crowned in a shape bulging outward in the radial direction is formed over the entire circumference of the outer peripheral surface, a belt wound around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and a first measurement unit for measuring rotation unevenness of the drive pulley. The drive pulley has a uniform diameter in the axial direction which is a smaller diameter than that of the driven pulley. The belt is bent and deformed along the bulging part of the driven pulley so that the axial center portion is expanded outward the axial end portion. The axial end of the belt contacts the outer peripheral surface of the drive pulley, but does not contact the outer peripheral surface of the driven pulley.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A drive transmission device comprising:
a drive pulley driven by a motor;
a driven pulley in which a bulging part crowned in a shape bulging outward in the radial direction is formed over the entire circumference of an outer peripheral surface;
a belt wound around the drive pulley and the driven pulley; and
a first measurement unit for measuring rotation unevenness of the drive pulley,
wherein the drive pulley has a uniform diameter in the axial direction which is a smaller diameter than that of the driven pulley,
wherein the belt is bent and deformed along the bulging part of the driven pulley so that the axial center portion is expanded outward the axial end portion, and
wherein the axial end of the belt contacts an outer peripheral surface of the drive pulley, but does not contact the outer peripheral surface of the driven pulley.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The drive transmission device according to claim 1, wherein a crown amount of the bulging part of the driven pulley is 0.3 mm or more 0.5 mm or less, and
a distance between the point farthest from the driven pulley on the outer peripheral surface of the drive pulley and the point farthest from the drive pulley on the outer peripheral surface of the driven pulley is 8 times or more to 25 times or less a width of the belt.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The drive transmission device according to claim 1 comprising,
a control unit for outputting information indicating damage to the belt,
wherein the presence or absence of damage to the axial end portion of the belt is determined from the rotational unevenness measured by the first measurement unit.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The drive transmission device according to claim 1 comprising,
a second measurement unit for measuring rotation unevenness of the driven pulley,
wherein the control unit controls the motor according to the rotation unevenness of the driven pulley measured by the second measurement unit, thereby reducing the rotation unevenness of the driven pulley.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

An image forming apparatus comprising:
the drive transmission device according to claim 1; and
a photosensitive drum connected to the driven pulley.