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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Ishida, Hachioji, JP;
Hokuto Hatano, Toyohashi, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor, a charging unit, an exposing unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a lubricant supply unit, a cleaning unit and a lubricant removal unit. The lubricant supply unit supplies a lubricant to a surface of the photoreceptor and is disposed at a point which is an upstream side of the cleaning unit and a downstream side of the developing unit in a rotation direction of the photoreceptor. The lubricant removal unit removes the lubricant from the surface of the photoreceptor and is disposed at a point which is the downstream side of the cleaning unit and the upstream side of the developing unit in the rotation direction of the photoreceptor.