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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2011
Yohhei Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Teraji, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Arinobu Yoshiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yohhei Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hajime Teraji, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihisa Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Arinobu Yoshiura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lubricant supplying device comprises a solid lubricant, a lubricant applicator to scrape and supply the lubricant to a target, and a pressing mechanism to press the solid lubricant against the lubricant applicator. An amount of pressure applied to the solid lubricant by the pressing mechanism increases until one of a thickness of the solid lubricant and a number of printed sheets reaches a prescribed level after the lubricant starts being consumed.