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JP2004203540A
JP2004203540A JP2002373486A JP2002373486A JP2004203540A JP 2004203540 A JP2004203540 A JP 2004203540A JP 2002373486 A JP2002373486 A JP 2002373486A JP 2002373486 A JP2002373486 A JP 2002373486A JP 2004203540 A JP2004203540 A JP 2004203540A
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Kenichi Mukai
健一 向井
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a belt conveyor device 2 with a comparatively low cost and capable of preventing dislocation and meandering certainly without generating wrinkles. <P>SOLUTION: The belt conveyor device includes a plurality of rollers, among which at least one is borne by a shaft 24 through a self-aligning bearing 22 installed approximately inside the central part about its axial direction and is arranged capable of inclining relative to the other rollers about the self-aligning bearing as fulcrum. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は無端状のベルトを走行させるベルト搬送装置、特に、それに限定されるものではないが、複写機、ファクシミリ、プリンタ等の電子写真法を用いた画像形成装置などに用いられているベルト搬送装置に関する。
【従来の技術】
【0002】
画像形成装置においては、感光ベルト、中間転写ベルト、用紙搬送転写ベルト等の無端状のベルトにトナー像或いは記録媒体(用紙など)を担持して搬送するベルト搬送装置を用いるものがある。かかるベルト搬送装置においては、駆動ローラ及びテンションローラを含む、略平行配置された複数のローラに無端状のベルトが巻掛けられており、テンションローラによって無端状のベルトに所定の張力を加え、駆動ローラを回転駆動させることにより無端状のベルトが走行せしめられる。かように構成されたベルト搬送装置においては、ローラ間の平行精度、ローラ断面の真円度、無端状のベルトの両側端における周長差等に起因して、無端状のベルトが走行方向に対して直角な方向にズレたり蛇行する等の現象が発生する虞がある。かような現象が発生すると、無端状のベルト上に形成される像、或いは無端状のベルト上に転写される像が偏る等の種々の弊害がもたらされる。
【0003】
従来から無端状のベルトのズレ及び蛇行を抑制できるベルト搬送装置が提供されている。かかるベルト搬送装置を開示している先行文献の典型例は、下記特許文献1乃至2を挙げることができる。
【0004】
【特許文献1】
特開平4−217533
【特許文献2】
特開平10−47446
【0005】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
然るに、上記特開平4−217533号公報に開示されているベルト搬送装置は、無端状のベルトの一側端縁に当接して無端状のベルトの走行方向に対して直角な方向に移動自在に配設されたエッジガイドと、無端状のベルトのエッジガイドへの作用力を検出する作用力検出手段と、かかる作用力検出手段からの作用力情報に基づいて無端状のベルトの走行方向に対して直角な方向の変位を零になるようにエッジガイドを移動させる駆動制御手段を備えており、これに起因してコスト高となるという解決すべき問題が存在する。
【0006】
一方、特開平10−47446公報に開示されているベルト搬送装置においては、補助プーリによってズレ及び蛇行を抑制する際に、無端状のベルトにしわが発生する虞があるという解決すべき問題点を有する。
【0007】
本発明は上記事実に鑑みてなされたものであり、その主たる技術課題は比較的安価あり、しわが発生することなく確実にズレ及び蛇行を防止できる新規且つ改良されたベルト搬送装置を提供することである。
【0008】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明者等は、鋭意検討の結果、該複数のローラのうち少なくとも一つのローラはその軸線方向略中央部の内側に配設された自動調心形軸受を介して軸に支持されており、該自動調心形軸受を支点として他のローラに対して傾斜可能にせしめることにより上記技術的課題を達成することができることを見出した。
【0009】
即ち、本発明によれば、上記主たる技術課題を達成するベルト搬送装置として、テンションローラ及び駆動ローラを含む、略平行配置された複数のローラに無端状のベルトを巻掛け、該テンションローラによって該無端状のベルトに所定の張力を加え、該駆動ローラを回転駆動させることにより該無端状のベルトを走行させるベルト搬送装置において、
該複数のローラのうち少なくとも一つのローラはその軸線方向略中央部の内側に配設された自動調心形軸受を介して軸に支持されており、該自動調心形軸受を支点として他のローラに対して傾斜可能にせしめられている、
ことを特徴とするベルト搬送装置が提供される。
【0010】
【発明の実施形態】
以下、本発明に従って構成されたベルト搬送装置の好適実施形態を図示している添付図面を参照して、更に詳細に説明する。
【0011】
図1は本発明にかかるベルト搬送装置を備えた画像形成装置を示す概念図である。図中の番号2はベルト搬送装置を示しており、番号4はイエロー(Y)、マゼンタ(M)、シアン(C)及びブラック(B)の四色のトナー像を形成することができる現像ユニットを示している。
【0012】
図示の実施形態のベルト搬送装置2においては、一次転写ローラ8、二次転写ローラ10、二次転写対向ローラ12、テンションローラ14及び駆動ローラ16を含む、略平行配置された複数のローラに無端状のベルト18である中間転写ベルトが巻掛けられており、テンションローラ14によって無端状のベルト18に所定の張力が加えられ、駆動ローラ16を回転駆動することにより無端状のベルト18は矢印20が指す方向に走行せしめられる。
【0013】
図1と共に図2を参照して説明を続けると、無端状のベルト18のズレ及び蛇行を抑制するためには、上記複数のローラのうち少なくとも一つのローラはその軸線方向略中央部の内側に配設された自動調心形軸受を介して軸に支持されており、自動調心形軸受を支点として他のローラに対して傾斜可能にせしめられていることが重要である。図示の実施形態においては、複数のローラの一つである円筒形状でよいテンションローラ14の軸線方向略中央部の内側に自動調心形軸受22が配設されており、テンションローラ14は自動調心形軸受22を介してベルト搬送装置2の本体に固定された、他のローラの軸線方向に対して略平行な軸24に回転可能且つ軸線方向略中央部を支点として傾斜可能に支持されている。かように構成されたテンションローラ14の無端状のベルト18に対するズレ及び蛇行の防止作用については後に詳述する。
【0014】
再び図1を参照して説明を続けると、上記現像ユニット4の各々には、図示しないが感光体ドラムが備えられており、感光体ドラムの周囲には帯電器、露光装置、現像器、クリーニングユニットが配置されている。露光装置によって感光体ドラムが露光され、感光体ドラム上に静電潜像が形成された後に、現像器によって静電潜像が現像され感光体ドラム上に静電潜像に対応したトナー像が形成される。次いで、一次転写ローラ8によって各色のトナー像が無端状のベルト18に重ね合わせて転写され一次転写像となる。しかる後において、収容カセット26から無端状のベルト18と二次転写ローラ10とのニップ部に記録媒体が送られ、無端状のベルト18上の一次転写像が記録媒体に転写され二次転写像となる。その後記録媒体は定着ユニット28に送られ、定着ユニット28において記録媒体上の二次転写像が定着される。
【0015】
無端状のベルト18が駆動ローラ16の回転駆動により走行せしめられている際には、ローラ間の平行精度、ローラ断面の真円度、無端状のベルト18の両側端における周長差等に起因して無端状のベルト18のズレ或いは蛇行が発生する。かようなズレが無端状のベルト18に起こった場合のテンションローラ14の作用について図2に基づいて説明を続ける。ズレが発生する前においてはテンションローラ14には、その軸線方向中央に対し左右対称に無端状のベルト18が巻掛けられており、テンションローラ14に掛かるモーメントは軸線方向中央の左右において釣り合っており、テンションローラ14の軸線方向は軸24と略平行である。無端状のベルト18がテンションローラ14に対して左側にズレを起こすと、テンションローラ14に掛かるモーメントは軸線方向中央の左側が右側よりも大きくなる。これによりテンションローラ14が軸24に対し反時計方向に傾斜せしめられる。かようにテンションローラ14が軸24に対し反時計方向に傾斜せしめられると、無端状のベルト18の出射角が下方から右下方に変化し、無端状のベルト18はテンションローラ14に対して右側、即ちズレとは反対側に移動し、しかる後において、テンションローラ14は、それに掛かるモーメントが軸線方向中央の左右において釣り合う位置まで時計方向に傾斜せしめられる。
【0016】
無端状のベルト18がテンションローラ14に対して右側にズレを起こすと、テンションローラ14に掛かるモーメントは軸線方向中央の右側が左側よりも大きくなる。これによりテンションローラ14が軸24に対し時計方向に傾斜せしめられる。かようにテンションローラ14が軸24に対し時計方向に傾斜せしめられると、無端状のベルト18の出射角が下方から左下方に変化し、無端状のベルト18はテンションローラ14に対して左側、即ちズレとは反対側に移動し、しかる後において、テンションローラ14は、それに掛かるモーメントが軸線方向中央の左右において釣り合う位置まで反時計方向に傾斜せしめられる。かくして、無端状のベルト18がテンションローラ14に対してズレ或いは蛇行を起こした際には、テンションローラ14が軸24に対して反時計方向或いは時計方向に傾斜せしめられ、自動的に無端状のベルト18のズレ或いは蛇行が修正される。
【0017】
上述した場合においては、テンションローラ14が他のローラに対して傾斜可能にせしめられているが、テンションローラ14以外のローラがその他のローラに対して傾斜可能にせしめてもよい。
【0018】
【発明の効果】
本発明のベルト搬送装置によれば、比較的安価であり、しわが発生することなく確実にズレ及び蛇行を防止できる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明にかかるベルト搬送装置を備えた画像形成装置を示す概念図。
【図2】図1に図示するテンションローラの拡大図。
【符号の説明】
2:ベルト搬送装置
14:テンションローラ
16:駆動ローラ
18:無端状のベルト
22:自動調心玉軸受
24:軸
[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a belt conveying apparatus for running an endless belt, and particularly, but not limited to, a belt conveying apparatus used in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a facsimile, and a printer. Equipment related.
[Prior art]
[0002]
2. Description of the Related Art Some image forming apparatuses use a belt transport device that transports a toner image or a recording medium (paper or the like) carried on an endless belt such as a photosensitive belt, an intermediate transfer belt, or a paper transport transfer belt. In such a belt conveying device, an endless belt is wound around a plurality of rollers arranged substantially in parallel, including a driving roller and a tension roller, and a predetermined tension is applied to the endless belt by the tension roller to drive the endless belt. The endless belt is run by rotating the rollers. In the belt transport device configured as described above, the endless belt moves in the traveling direction due to the parallel accuracy between the rollers, the roundness of the roller cross section, the difference in the circumferential length at both ends of the endless belt, and the like. There is a possibility that a phenomenon such as displacement or meandering in a direction perpendicular to the direction may occur. When such a phenomenon occurs, various adverse effects are caused, such as an image formed on an endless belt or an image transferred on an endless belt.
[0003]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been provided a belt conveyance device capable of suppressing deviation and meandering of an endless belt. Typical examples of prior art documents that disclose such a belt conveyance device include the following Patent Documents 1 and 2.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-4-217533
[Patent Document 2]
JP-A-10-47446
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the belt conveying device disclosed in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-217533 is capable of freely moving in a direction perpendicular to the running direction of the endless belt by contacting one side edge of the endless belt. The disposed edge guide, the acting force detecting means for detecting the acting force on the edge guide of the endless belt, and the running direction of the endless belt based on the acting force information from the acting force detecting means. There is a drive control means for moving the edge guide so that the displacement in the direction perpendicular to the direction becomes zero, and there is a problem to be solved that the cost increases due to this.
[0006]
On the other hand, the belt conveying device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-47446 has a problem to be solved in that when the misalignment and meandering are suppressed by the auxiliary pulley, the endless belt may be wrinkled. .
[0007]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and a main technical problem thereof is to provide a new and improved belt conveyance device which is relatively inexpensive and can surely prevent displacement and meandering without wrinkling. It is.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present inventors have made intensive studies and as a result, at least one of the plurality of rollers is supported by a shaft via a self-aligning bearing disposed inside a substantially central portion in the axial direction, It has been found that the above technical problem can be achieved by allowing the self-aligning bearing to be inclined with respect to another roller with the fulcrum as a fulcrum.
[0009]
That is, according to the present invention, an endless belt is wound around a plurality of rollers arranged substantially in parallel, including a tension roller and a drive roller, as a belt transport device that achieves the above-mentioned main technical problem, and the tension roller applies the endless belt. In a belt transport device that applies the predetermined tension to the endless belt and rotates the driving roller to run the endless belt,
At least one of the plurality of rollers is supported by a shaft via a self-aligning bearing disposed inside a substantially central portion in the axial direction of the roller, and another self-centering bearing is used as a fulcrum. It is made to be able to tilt with respect to the roller,
A belt conveyance device is provided.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a belt conveyance device configured according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0011]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an image forming apparatus provided with a belt conveying device according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 2 denotes a belt conveying device, and reference numeral 4 denotes a developing unit capable of forming four color toner images of yellow (Y), magenta (M), cyan (C), and black (B). Is shown.
[0012]
In the belt conveying device 2 of the illustrated embodiment, a plurality of substantially parallel rollers including the primary transfer roller 8, the secondary transfer roller 10, the secondary transfer opposing roller 12, the tension roller 14, and the driving roller 16 are endless. A predetermined tension is applied to the endless belt 18 by the tension roller 14 and the driving roller 16 is driven to rotate, so that the endless belt 18 is turned into an arrow 20. Is driven in the direction indicated by.
[0013]
Continuing the description with reference to FIG. 2 together with FIG. 1, in order to suppress the deviation and meandering of the endless belt 18, at least one of the plurality of rollers is disposed inside a substantially central portion in the axial direction. It is important that the bearing is supported on the shaft via a self-aligning bearing provided and that the self-aligning bearing can be inclined with respect to other rollers with the fulcrum as a fulcrum. In the illustrated embodiment, a self-centering bearing 22 is provided inside a substantially central portion in the axial direction of a tension roller 14 which may be a cylindrical shape, which is one of a plurality of rollers. It is rotatably supported on a shaft 24, which is fixed to the main body of the belt conveying device 2 via the core bearing 22 and is substantially parallel to the axial direction of the other roller, and is tiltably supported at a substantially central portion in the axial direction as a fulcrum. I have. The action of preventing the thus configured tension roller 14 from shifting and meandering with respect to the endless belt 18 will be described later in detail.
[0014]
Referring to FIG. 1 again, each of the developing units 4 includes a photosensitive drum (not shown), and a charger, an exposure device, a developing device, and a cleaning device are provided around the photosensitive drum. The unit is located. After the photoconductor drum is exposed by the exposure device and an electrostatic latent image is formed on the photoconductor drum, the electrostatic latent image is developed by a developing device, and a toner image corresponding to the electrostatic latent image is formed on the photoconductor drum. It is formed. Next, the toner images of the respective colors are superimposed on the endless belt 18 and transferred by the primary transfer roller 8 to form a primary transfer image. Thereafter, the recording medium is sent from the storage cassette 26 to a nip portion between the endless belt 18 and the secondary transfer roller 10, and the primary transfer image on the endless belt 18 is transferred to the recording medium and the secondary transfer image is transferred. It becomes. Thereafter, the recording medium is sent to the fixing unit 28, where the secondary transfer image on the recording medium is fixed.
[0015]
When the endless belt 18 is run by the rotation of the driving roller 16, the endless belt 18 is caused by the parallel accuracy between the rollers, the roundness of the cross section of the roller, the difference in the circumferential length at both ends of the endless belt 18, and the like. As a result, the endless belt 18 is shifted or meandering. The operation of the tension roller 14 when such a deviation occurs on the endless belt 18 will be described with reference to FIG. Before the displacement occurs, an endless belt 18 is wound around the tension roller 14 symmetrically with respect to the center in the axial direction, and the moment applied to the tension roller 14 is balanced at the left and right of the center in the axial direction. The axial direction of the tension roller 14 is substantially parallel to the shaft 24. When the endless belt 18 shifts to the left with respect to the tension roller 14, the moment applied to the tension roller 14 is larger on the left side in the axial center than on the right side. As a result, the tension roller 14 is tilted counterclockwise with respect to the shaft 24. When the tension roller 14 is tilted counterclockwise with respect to the shaft 24 in this manner, the exit angle of the endless belt 18 changes from lower to lower right, and the endless belt 18 is moved rightward with respect to the tension roller 14. That is, the tension roller 14 is moved to the opposite side to the deviation, and thereafter, the tension roller 14 is tilted clockwise to a position where the moment applied to the tension roller 14 is balanced on the left and right of the axial center.
[0016]
When the endless belt 18 shifts to the right with respect to the tension roller 14, the moment applied to the tension roller 14 is larger at the right side in the axial center than at the left side. Thus, the tension roller 14 is tilted clockwise with respect to the shaft 24. When the tension roller 14 is tilted clockwise with respect to the shaft 24 in this manner, the emission angle of the endless belt 18 changes from lower to lower left, and the endless belt 18 is moved to the left with respect to the tension roller 14, That is, the tension roller 14 is moved to the opposite side to the deviation, and after that, the tension roller 14 is tilted counterclockwise to a position where the moment applied to the tension roller 14 is balanced on the left and right of the center in the axial direction. Thus, when the endless belt 18 is displaced or meanders with respect to the tension roller 14, the tension roller 14 is tilted counterclockwise or clockwise with respect to the shaft 24, and automatically the endless belt 18 is rotated. The deviation or meandering of the belt 18 is corrected.
[0017]
In the above-described case, the tension roller 14 is tiltable with respect to the other rollers, but a roller other than the tension roller 14 may be tiltable with respect to the other rollers.
[0018]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the belt conveyance device of this invention, it is comparatively cheap, and can prevent a shift | offset | difference and meandering reliably without wrinkling.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an image forming apparatus provided with a belt conveyance device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the tension roller shown in FIG.
[Explanation of symbols]
2: belt conveyor 14: tension roller 16: drive roller 18: endless belt 22: self-aligning ball bearing 24: shaft

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テンションローラ及び駆動ローラを含む、略平行配置された複数のローラに無端状のベルトを巻掛け、該テンションローラによって該無端状のベルトに所定の張力を加え、該駆動ローラを回転駆動させることにより該無端状のベルトを走行させるベルト搬送装置において、
該複数のローラのうち少なくとも一つのローラはその軸線方向略中央部の内側に配設された自動調心形軸受を介して軸に支持されており、該自動調心形軸受を支点として他のローラに対して傾斜可能にせしめられている、
ことを特徴とするベルト搬送装置。
An endless belt is wound around a plurality of rollers arranged substantially in parallel, including a tension roller and a driving roller, and a predetermined tension is applied to the endless belt by the tension roller to rotate the driving roller. In a belt conveying device that runs the endless belt,
At least one of the plurality of rollers is supported by a shaft via a self-aligning bearing disposed inside a substantially central portion in the axial direction of the roller, and another self-centering bearing is used as a fulcrum. It is made to be able to tilt with respect to the roller,
A belt conveying device characterized by the above-mentioned.
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