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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2009
Takeshi Shintani, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Yokohama, JP;
Yasushi Akiba, Yokohama, JP;
Kaoru Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Kosuge, Yokohama, JP;
Takaya Muraishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Shintani, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Yokohama, JP;
Yasushi Akiba, Yokohama, JP;
Kaoru Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Kosuge, Yokohama, JP;
Takaya Muraishi, Kawasaki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus containing: an image-bearing member; a toner removal unit configured to remove a toner remained on the image-bearing member; a coating unit configured to coat a surface of the image-bearing member with a lubricity imparting agent; a unit configured to change a coated state of the lubricity imparting agent which has been applied to the image-bearing member by the coating unit; and a controlling unit configured to control the coating unit so as to operate a coating mode for at least the period when the image-bearing member is rotated once or more in the course of image formation, wherein the coating mode is a mode in which an amount of the lubricity imparting agent applied onto the image-bearing member is increased compared to an applied amount of the lubricity imparting agent during an ordinal operation for image formation.