A belt conveyor includes: an endless belt that is looped over a plurality
of rollers, the plurality of rollers including a drive roller and a
meandering correction roller; a drive unit that rotates the drive roller
to drive the endless belt; a meandering correction unit that adjusts an
inclination of the meandering correction roller to correct meandering of
the endless belt in a width direction thereof; a plurality of position
detection units that detect positions of the endless belt in the width
direction thereof and output detection signals; and a meandering
correction control unit that selectively uses the detection signals from
the plurality of detection units to control the meandering correction
unit.