Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
Belt device and image forming apparatus
A belt device includes: a belt that passes through a plurality of image forming units, each of the image forming units including a transfer member and an image carrier as a pair, the transfer member moves in a direction to contact with the belt and in a direction so as to be separated from the belt; a cleaning unit cleans an outer periphery of the belt after the belt passes through all the image forming units; and a pressing member is disposed between the cleaning unit and the image forming unit located on the most upstream side and that presses the outer periphery of the belt, wherein when the transfer member of at least one of the image forming units moves to be separated from the belt, the transfer member of the rest of the image forming units and the pressing member support the belt.
Ricoh Company, Limited
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Masanari Yuuji Takeshi Tetsushi Mitsutoshi
Fujita Meguro Sakashita Sakuma Kichise