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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
Yuta Azeyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Michiya Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Fujimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Tawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takatsugu Fujishiro, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Azeyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Michiya Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Fujimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Tawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takatsugu Fujishiro, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lubricant applicator includes a lubricant and a rotatable lubricant application member. The rotatable lubricant application member contacts the lubricant and an application target to apply the lubricant to the application target while rotating. The lubricant application member includes a core member, a first wound portion including a bristle member wound spirally around the periphery of the core member in a first direction, and a second wound portion including a bristle member wound spirally around the periphery of the core member in a second direction opposite the first direction in an axial direction of the core member. A process unit includes the lubricant applicator. A transfer device includes the lubricant applicator. An image forming apparatus includes at least one of the process unit and the transfer device and the lubricant applicator.