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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Yoshiki Nakane, Toyokawa, JP;
Kuniaki Kashiwakura, Toyohashi, JP;
Ikuko Kanazawa, Hino, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In the lubricant application device, including a brush roller which rotates while contacting an image carrying member and a solid lubricant, shaves the solid lubricant and applies the shaved solid lubricant onto the image carrying member, and a flicker which abuts against the brush roller and knocks off a developer adhering to the brush roller through a rotation of the brush roller, the brush roller has looped bristles implanted in a state of endless loop, and the flicker has a contact surface which forms an acute angle.