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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2012
Shinya Karasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Toyko, JP;
Michiya Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Azeyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Karasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Amemiya, Toyko, JP;
Michiya Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Azeyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lubricant supplying device includes a compressing spring that has one end coming into contact with a holding member in order to bias a solid lubricant toward a lubricant supplying roller and a casing that covers the outside of the device. Then, the casing includes an opening portion that allows the other end of the compressing spring, having the one end coming into contact with the holding member, to be exposed therethrough, and the casing further includes a cover member that is installed in the opening portion in a removable manner so that the cover member comes into contact with the other end of the compressing spring.