Invention Application
- Patent Title: IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置和图像形成方法
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Application No.: US14995746Application Date: 2016-01-14
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Publication No.: US20160209800A1Publication Date: 2016-07-21
- Inventor: Kazuko FUKUMOTO , Yuji KAMODA , Yasuo SHIRODAI , Yuya SATO , Kunitomo SASAKI
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2015-006219 20150115
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing body; a developing unit which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing body as a toner image; a transfer unit which transfers the toner image to a receiver medium; a cleaning member which collects residual toner on the image bearing body; a lubricant supply unit which supplies lubricant onto the image bearing body; a measurement unit which measures a static frictional force generated between the image bearing body and the cleaning member; and a control unit which corrects the amount of lubricant on the image bearing body, wherein the control unit estimates a state of the lubricant on the image bearing body based on a change between a first and a second static frictional force, and based on the estimated state, the control unit selectively executes one of processing of supplying lubricant and processing of removing lubricant.
Public/Granted literature
- US09594340B2 Image forming apparatus including a control unit for lubricant and image forming method Public/Granted day:2017-03-14
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