| CPC B23P 11/00 (2013.01) [G03G 15/0136 (2013.01); G03G 15/16 (2013.01); G03G 21/16 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1603 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1642 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1651 (2013.01)] | 4 Claims |
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1. A method of assembling a belt conveyance apparatus including:
an endless belt;
a plurality of rollers including a stretching roller around which the belt is rotatably stretched;
a frame that rotatably supports the plurality of rollers;
a bearing holder provided on the frame, the bearing holder rotatably supporting at least one of the plurality of rollers, the bearing holder being movable in a contact-release direction toward and away from an inner circumferential surface of the belt;
an urging member that urges the bearing holder in such a direction that the at least one roller supported on the bearing holder moves toward the inner circumferential surface of the belt;
a slider that is supported on the frame so as to be reciprocably movable along an orthogonal direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the roller, the slider engaging with the bearing holder to move the bearing holder in the contact-release direction; and
a driving gear that is rotatably supported on the frame, the driving gear meshing with the slider to make the slider move reciprocably,
the slider being arranged selectively in a disengaged position where the slider is disengaged from the bearing holder or in an engaged position where the slider is engaged with the bearing holder,
the method comprising;
a step of, in a state without the driving gear attached to the frame, arranging the slider in the disengaged position;
a step of attaching the bearing holder and the urging member to the frame;
a step of moving the slider to the engaged position so that the slider engages with the bearing holder; and
a step of attaching the driving gear to the frame so that the driving gear meshes with the slider arranged in the engaged position.
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