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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2010
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Michiya Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihito Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Shakuto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Azeyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Michiya Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihito Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Shakuto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Azeyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lubricant applicator includes: a lubricant application unit that is arranged so as to be in contact with a surface of an image carrier, scrapes a solid lubricant, and applies the solid lubricant onto the surface of the image carrier while moving a surface of the lubricant application unit; a lubricant holding member that holds the solid lubricant; and a lubricant biasing unit that biases the solid lubricant against the lubricant application unit. The lubricant biasing unit is housed in a housing under a state that one end of the lubricant biasing unit is held by the lubricant holding member so that a position of the one end of the lubricant biasing unit is restricted, and another end of the lubricant biasing unit is held by a biasing-unit holding member that is provided to restrict a position of the another end of the lubricant biasing unit.