Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid lubricant, electrophotographic image forming apparatus, and image forming method
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Application No.: US15432252Application Date: 2017-02-14
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Publication No.: US09982215B2Publication Date: 2018-05-29
- Inventor: Taiki Amemiya , Yukio Hosoya , Kunihiro Ogura , Teruo Sasaki
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Priority: JP2016-056484 20160322
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; C10M169/04
Abstract:
A solid lubricant is supplied to a surface of an image carrier of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The solid lubricant contains a fatty acid metal salt and polypropylene, and the polypropylene has an acid value of 1 mg KOH/g or more. The solid lubricant is a solid substance of a melt mold containing the fatty acid metal salt and the polypropylene.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170275557A1 SOLID LUBRICANT, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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