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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masakazu Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/0094 (2013.01); G03G 21/0005 (2013.01); G03G 21/0035 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an image bearing member on which a toner image is formed electrophotographically; and a lubricant applying section that applies a lubricant to a surface of the image bearing member. The lubricant applying section includes two columnar solid lubricants that contain a larger number of residual gas bubbles at one end than the other end thereof, and are produced by the same production method. The two solid lubricants are placed along an axial direction of the image bearing member such that the respective one and the other ends thereof are opposite to each other.