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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 03, 2011
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Michiya Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Mizusawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Michiya Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Mizusawa, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lubricant applicator includes a solid lubricant, a lubricant applying member to apply the solid lubricant to a target object, a biasing member to bias the solid lubricant toward the lubricant applying member, and a regulating member to regulate the solid lubricant, which is biased toward the lubricant applying member by the biasing member, to prevent the lubricant from separating from the lubricant applying member by more than a predetermined distance. The regulating member is switchable between a regulating state for regulating the solid lubricant not to separate from the lubricant applying member by more than the predetermined distance and a non-regulating state.