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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2011
Michiya Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Karasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Azeyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Michiya Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Karasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshio Koike, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Azeyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lubricant applying device includes a solid lubricant, and a rotatable applying member scraping lubricant off the solid lubricant and applying the scraped lubricant onto an application subject. In the lubricant applying device, a pressing unit applies that applies an applying pressure of pressing the solid lubricant against the applying member and that varies the applying pressure in accordance with a rotation speed of the applying member.