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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2005
Takeo Suda, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Kawahara, Tokyo, JP;
Takatsugu Fujishiro, Tokyo, JP;
Tokuya Ojimi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Tabuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Yanagida, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruji Mizuishi, Tokyo, JP;
Teruyuki Kasuga, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroomi Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuji Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Tawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Koike, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Kawasumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuzi Yoneda, Tokyo, JP;
Masami Tomita, Shizuoka, JP;
Yutaka Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichi Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeo Suda, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Kawahara, Tokyo, JP;
Takatsugu Fujishiro, Tokyo, JP;
Tokuya Ojimi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Tabuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Yanagida, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruji Mizuishi, Tokyo, JP;
Teruyuki Kasuga, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroomi Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuji Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Tawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Koike, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Kawasumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuzi Yoneda, Tokyo, JP;
Masami Tomita, Shizuoka, JP;
Yutaka Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichi Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, an area applied with a lubricant, i.e., an area of a lubricant layer having a uniform thickness, is obtained by spreading the lubricant by a lubricant smoothing blade. The area applied with a lubricant covers an area cleaned by a cleaning blade, i.e., a contact portion of the cleaning blade with a photoconductor.