US 11,747,752 B2
Image forming apparatus, belt adjustment method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with belt adjustment program
Hidetoshi Noguchi, Tahara (JP); and Kazuki Shimizu, Toyohashi (JP)
Assigned to KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,938.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-084902 (JP), filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0373941 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/1615 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0808 (2013.01); G03G 2215/1623 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a plurality of rollers;
an endless belt that is suspended over outer portions of the plurality of rollers;
a developer that forms a toner image on the belt;
a driver that rotates at least one driving roller out of the plurality of rollers;
a position adjustment mechanism that corrects relative positions of the plurality of rollers relative to one another; and
a hardware processor, wherein
the hardware processor controls the position adjustment mechanism to correct a relative position between the belt and the driving roller with tension applied to the belt being a second tension smaller than a first tension that is applied in a developing state in which a toner image is formed on the belt by the developer.