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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2013
Hideyasu Seki, Chiba, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Fujimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryohta Gotoh, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Taguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromichi Ninomiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Azeyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhito Kuboshima, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyasu Seki, Chiba, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Naohiro Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Yoshino, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Fujimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryohta Gotoh, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Taguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromichi Ninomiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Azeyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhito Kuboshima, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the present invention, a lubricant supplying device includes a lubricant end determining unit that determines that a solid lubricant is in an end state when the amount of a lubricant supplying operation reaches a threshold after a residual amount detecting unit detects that the residual amount of the solid lubricant is equal to or smaller than a predetermined amount. The lubricant end determining unit makes a threshold of the amount of the lubricant supplying operation at temperature or humidity of equal to or lower than a predetermined value lower than a threshold of the amount of the lubricant supplying operation at temperature or humidity of higher than the predetermined value.