1. An displacement correcting device comprising:
an endless belt-shaped member;
a rotation supporting member that includes a rotation shaft the axial direction of which is parallel to a width direction of the endless belt-shaped member and rotates to support the endless belt-shaped member;
a rotation shaft supporting body that includes a one-end supporting portion rotatably supporting one end of the rotation shaft and an opposite-end supporting portion rotatably supporting the other end of the rotation shaft;
a shaft supporting frame that supports the one-end supporting portion movably relative to the opposite-end supporting portion and supports the one end of the rotation shaft so that the one end of the rotation shaft can be tilted with respect to the other end of the rotation shaft;
a movement detecting member that detects movement of the endless belt-shaped member to the one end of the rotation shaft; and
a shaft displacing member that includes a rotation center which is disposed at a position displaced from the rotation shaft and closer to the one end of the rotation shaft than the rotation shaft supporting body and which intersects an axial direction of the rotation shaft, and that further includes a rotation shaft contact portion which contacts with the one end of the rotation shaft, wherein the movement detecting member detects the movement of the endless belt-shaped member to the one end of the rotation shaft, the rotation shaft contact portion rotates about the rotation center to move the one end of the rotation shaft relative to the other end of the rotation shaft so that the rotation shaft is tilted in a tilt direction in which the endless belt-shaped member moves to the other end of the rotation shaft.
2. The displacement correcting device according to claim 1, wherein the movement detecting member includes an interlocking body which is supported to move in the axial direction by the one end of the rotation shaft and which can contact with a widthwise edge of the endless belt-shaped member,
the shaft displacing member includes an interlocking body contact portion which can contact with the interlocking member and which can move integrally with the rotation shaft contact portion, and
when the interlocking body is pressed by the widthwise edge of the endless belt-shaped member moving to the one end of the rotation shaft, the interlocking body contact portion and the rotation shaft contact portion rotate about the rotation center so that the rotation shaft contact portion tilts the rotation shaft in the tilt direction.
3. The displacement correcting device according to claim 2, wherein the rotation shaft contact portion is extended from the rotation center to the rotation supporting member, and the interlocking body contact portion is extended from the rotation center to a side of the interlocking body.
4. The displacement correcting device according to claim 1, further comprising a center-supporting concave portion having a concave shape which is formed to be concave from the other end to the one end in the axial direction, the center-supporting concave portion rotatably supporting the rotation center of the shaft displacing member at a position displaced from the rotation shaft in a direction intersecting the axial direction and closer to the one end in the axial direction than the rotation shaft supporting body in the concave shape.
5. The displacement correcting device according to claim 4, further comprising a rotation regulating portion which is disposed at a position of the center-supporting concave portion close to the shaft supporting frame and has a contact surface with the shaft displacing member, and which contacts with the shaft displacing member so as to regulate a rotation of the shaft displacing member when the shaft displacing member rotates up to a predetermined maximum rotating position about the rotation center.
6. The displacement correcting device according to claim 1, wherein the shaft displacing member is curved toward the one end of the rotation shaft as the shaft displacing member goes to the rotation shaft contact portion from the rotation center
7. The displacement correcting device according to claim 1, wherein
the shaft supporting frame supports the one-end supporting portion and the opposite-end supporting portion movably in a suspending direction in which the rotation supporting member applies a tension to the endless belt-shaped member;
the rotation center is extended in an intersecting direction including a directional component in the suspending direction and intersecting the axial direction, and
the displacement correcting device further comprises a center supporting portion that supports the rotation center movably in the intersecting direction.
8. The displacement correcting device according to claim 7, wherein the movement detecting member includes an interlocking body which is supported to move in the axial direction by the one end of the rotation shaft and which can contact with a widthwise edge of the endless belt-shaped member,
the shaft displacing member includes an interlocking body contact portion which can contact with the interlocking member and which can move integrally with the rotation shaft contact portion, and
when the interlocking body is pressed by the widthwise edge of the endless belt-shaped member moving to the one end of the rotation shaft, the interlocking body contact portion and the rotation shaft contact portion rotate about the rotation center so that the rotation shaft contact portion tilts the rotation shaft in the tilt direction.
9. The displacement correcting device according to claim 8, wherein the rotation shaft contact portion is extended from the rotation center to the rotation supporting member, and the interlocking body contact portion is extended from the rotation center to a side of the interlocking body.
10. The displacement correcting device according to claim 8, wherein the interlocking contact portion includes an upstream contact portion contacting with the interlocking body at an upstream side in the intersecting direction and a downstream contact portion contacting with the interlocking body at a downstream side in the intersecting direction and at the opposite side of the upstream contact portion about the rotation shaft.
11. The displacement correcting device according to claim 7, further comprising:
a center-supporting concave portion having a concave shape which is formed to be concave from the other end to the one end in the axial direction, the center-supporting concave portion rotatably supporting the rotation center of the shaft displacing member at a position displaced from the rotation shaft in a direction intersecting the axial direction and closer to the one end in the axial direction than the rotation shaft supporting body in the concave shape; and
a movement regulating portion having an upstream end surface and a downstream end surface of the center-supporting concave portion in the intersecting direction, wherein the upstream end surface includes an upstream movement regulating surface coming in contact with the shaft displacing member to regulate the shaft displacing member when the rotation center moves to a predetermined furthest upstream position in the intersecting direction, and the downstream end surface includes a downstream movement regulating surface coming in contact with the shaft displacing member to regulate the movement of the shaft displacing member when the rotation center moves to a predetermined furthest downstream position in the intersecting direction.
12. The displacement correcting device according to claim 7, wherein the rotation center is capable of moving in the intersecting direction.
13. An intermediate transfer device comprising:
an intermediate transfer body of an endless belt-shaped member the outer surface of which passes through an opposed area of an image carrier carrying an image in a rotating direction thereof;
an intermediate transfer member disposed in an intermediate transfer area located on a rear side of the endless belt-shaped member and opposed to the image carrier with the endless belt-shaped member interposed therebetween and serving to transfer the image on the image carrier to the outer surface of the endless belt-shaped member; and
a displacement correcting device according to claim 1 and serving to correct displacement of the intermediate transfer body.
14. A transfer device comprising:
an intermediate transfer device according to claim 13 in which the image is transferred to the outer surface of the endless belt-shaped intermediate transfer body; and
a final transfer member transferring the image onto a final transfer body.
15. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image carrier having a latent image formed on a surface thereof;
a developing device developing the latent image on the surface of the image carrier into an image as a visible image;
a transfer device according to claim 14 serving to transfer the image on the surface of the image carrier to a medium; and
a fixing device fixing the image on a surface of the medium.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A tape, comprising:
a color layer capable of displaying a variety of colors with respect to different viewing angles; and
at least one adhesive layer adhering to the color layer.
2. The tape of claim 1, wherein the color layer is formed by stacking at least two materials, each having a refractive index different to that of another material adjacent thereto.
3. The tape of claim 2, wherein the materials can be passed through by light.
4. The tape of claim 1, wherein at least one of the adhesive layers is a pressure sensitive adhesive.
5. The tape of claim 1, wherein the color layer further comprises:
a flexible substrate; and
at least one CLC layer, adhering to the flexible substrate.
6. The tape of claim 5, wherein the flexible substrate can be passed through by light.
7. The tape of claim 1, further comprising:
a protecting layer, adhering to the color layer.
8. The tape of claim 7, wherein the protecting layer is made of plastic.