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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 11, 1999
Hiroshi Nagame, Shizuoka, JP;
Narihito Kojima, Shizuoka, JP;
Yohta Sakon, Shizuoka, JP;
Ryuta Takeichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Akiyo Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lubricity-imparting unit for imparting lubricity to a surface of an electrophotographic photoconductor, which is in contact with the surface of the photoconductor, wherein at least a surface of the lubricity-imparting unit which comes into contact with the surface of the photoconductor includes a flexible lubricating material, and has a length at least capable of covering an image formation region of the electrophotographic photoconductor lengthwise. An image formation apparatus and an image formation method using this lubricity-imparting unit are described.
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