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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2015
Hiroyuki Uenishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Shintani, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Honjoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Karasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohsuke Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Norio Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Uenishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Shintani, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenji Honjoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Karasawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohsuke Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Norio Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lubricant applicator includes a lubricant, a supply member contactable against the lubricant to supply the lubricant to a target, and a lubricant gauge to detect whether an amount of lubricant remaining is less than a threshold value. The lubricant gauge includes a rotary member rotatable about a shaft, a pressing member to press and rotate the rotary member as the lubricant is consumed, a contact part of the rotary member pressed by the pressing member, and a detection part of the rotary member opposite to the contact part across the shaft of the rotary member.