| US 7,577,381 B2 | ||
| Transfer belt unit and method of supporting handle of the same | ||
| Noriyuki Takuwa, Kanagawa-ken (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 02, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/743,237. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-135098 (JP), filed on May 15, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0286651 A1, Dec. 13, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/14 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—121 [399/308] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A transfer belt unit, comprising:
a frame unit that is composed of a plurality of frame members and supports rollers around which a transfer belt is wound;
a connecting unit that connects the plurality of frame members of the frame unit to one another relatively rotatably on a
plane including the rotational direction of the transfer belt;
a fixing unit that is movable between a fixing position where the plurality of frame members is fixed to one another so that
a predetermined positional relationship may be established in rotating the transfer belt and release position where the fixing
of the plurality of frame members to one another is released; and
a handle unit that is supported at one end thereof on any one of the plurality of frame members and supported at the other
end thereof by the fixing unit only when the fixing unit is located in the fixing position.
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