| CPC G03G 15/161 (2013.01) [G03G 15/1615 (2013.01)] | 4 Claims |
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1. A belt conveying device comprising:
an endless belt;
a plurality of rollers around which the belt is wrapped in a rotatable manner;
a correction mechanism including a pair of belt guides, a moving mechanism, and a pair of biasing members, the correction mechanism correcting meandering of the belt with respect to the roller; and
a belt cleaning unit including a cleaning blade, a collecting screw, and a housing the belt cleaning unit removing attached matter on an outer circumferential surface of the belt, wherein
the correction mechanism is provided to a meandering correction roller that is one of the plurality of rollers, and includes a moving mechanism including a pair of tilt bearings and a pair of main body guides, the moving mechanism allowing one end side of the meandering correction roller in an axial direction to move in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction when the belt is meandering, and wherein
the belt conveying device further comprises
a roller retaining member that extends in a direction perpendicular to an up and down direction and to the axial direction of the meandering correction roller and that retains a shaft of the meandering correction roller,
a cleaning support member that extends in the direction perpendicular to the up and down direction and to the axial direction of the meandering correction roller and that is attached to the shaft of the meandering correction roller so as to support the belt cleaning unit, and
a posture maintaining unit that connects the roller retaining member and the cleaning support member, so as to maintain a posture of the belt cleaning unit with respect to the meandering correction roller, and
the posture maintaining unit includes a protrusion provided to one of the roller retaining member and the cleaning support member, and an aperture provided to the other so that the protrusion is inserted in the aperture.
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