Patent attributes
An endless belt includes an endless belt body, and a plurality of first tapes each wound around an outer peripheral surface of the belt body. Each of the first tapes has a length shorter than a full circumference of the endless belt, and the first tapes are superposedly applied onto the belt body so that positions of first edges of the first tapes and positions of second edges of the first tapes are different from each other, respectively. A recessed portion is formed in a region between the first edges and the other edges second. In addition, a second tape having a length longer than the length of a full circumference of the endless belt is wound around the first tapes so as to extend along the recessed portion, wherein a winding end edge of the second tape overlaps a winding start edge of the second tape.
