Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lubricant supply device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 润滑剂供应装置,处理盒和成像装置
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Application No.: US13483698Application Date: 2012-05-30
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Publication No.: US08718530B2Publication Date: 2014-05-06
- Inventor: Norio Kudo , Shinichi Kawahara , Nobuo Kuwabara , Takeshi Shintani , Akio Kosuge , Daisuke Tomita
- Applicant: Norio Kudo , Shinichi Kawahara , Nobuo Kuwabara , Takeshi Shintani , Akio Kosuge , Daisuke Tomita
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2011-130749 20110611; JP2011-132099 20110614; JP2011-246298 20111110
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A lubricant supply device including a solid lubricant, a lubricant supply roller, a detector, and a varying device is provided. The lubricant supply roller is adapted to supply the lubricant to a toner image bearing member and is rotatable in a predetermined direction while slidably contacting both the solid lubricant and the toner image bearing member. The detector is adapted to detect an absolute humidity around the lubricant supply device. The varying device is adapted to vary an amount of the lubricant to be supplied to the toner image bearing member based on the absolute humidity detected by the detector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120315053A1 LUBRICANT SUPPLY DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-12-13
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