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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2006
Shinichi Kawahara, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroomi Harada, Kawasaki, JP;
Teruyuki Kasuga, Atsugi, JP;
Takatsugu Fujishiro, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Kawahara, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroomi Harada, Kawasaki, JP;
Teruyuki Kasuga, Atsugi, JP;
Takatsugu Fujishiro, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lubricant supply device includes a solid lubricant, a supply member contacting and rubbing the solid lubricant and thereby scraping a lubricant off the solid lubricant and supplying the lubricant to a lubricant supplying target, and a pressing mechanism pressing the solid lubricant against the supply member. The pressing mechanism includes a biasing device, and a plurality of pressing members receiving a biasing force of the biasing device and thereby pressing places of the solid lubricant at symmetrical positions with respect to a center of a contact part of the solid lubricant contacting the supply member, respectively.