ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,233, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Belt device and image forming device" was invented by Keisuke Taniya (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A belt device includes a cleaning unit having a cleaning member that abuts a belt and cleans a front surface of the belt. A tension roller includes a deviation suppression mechanism on one side of and in a width direction of the tension roller. The width direction intersects a transport direction of the belt. The deviation suppression mechanism suppresses deviation of the belt in the width direction by tilting a rotary shaft of the tension roller. The cle...