US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on May 26 for "Belt conveyor device and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,312, issued on May 26, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Belt conveyor device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Takeshi Yoshida (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The belt conveyor device includes an endless belt, a pair of biasing members, a pair of tension arms, and a correction mechanism. The pair of biasing members bias a tension roller in such a direction as to heighten tension of the belt. The pair of tension arms retain the tension roller and the pair of biasing members, and are swingably supported by a pair of arm support portions of the casing. The pair of biasing members bi...