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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2010
Takeshi Shintani, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Tomita, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Kawahara, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Karasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaya Muraishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Akiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Shintani, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuo Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Tomita, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Kosuge, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Kawahara, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Karasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaya Muraishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Akiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming devices, a first image forming device in which a leveling blade that functions as a lubricant leveling blade is easily worn away over time uses an obtuse-angle blade as a first leveling blade, and a second image forming device being other image forming device among the plurality of image forming devices uses a right-angle blade as a second leveling blade.