摘要:
A lubricant application device 12 capable of shaving a solid lubricant evenly and lubricating an image carrying member evenly has a solid lubricant 25 formed by solidifying a lubricant for lubricating the surface of an image carrying member 8 which carries images composed of a developer, and a brush roller 24 rotating while abutting against the solid lubricant 25 and the image carrying member 8, wherein the brush roller 24 has looped bristles 23 implanted in an endless state and is rotated in a direction of the rotation following the rotation of the image carrying member 8, and has a circumferential velocity of the rotation of the brush roller 24 is faster than 56% of the circumferential velocity of the image carrying member 8 and slower than 80% of the circumferential velocity of the image carrying member 8.
摘要:
In the lubricant application device 12, including a brush roller 23 which rotates while contacting an image carrying member 8 and a solid lubricant 24, shaves the solid lubricant 24 and applies the shaved solid lubricant 24 onto the image carrying member 8, and a flicker 26 which abuts against the brush roller 23 and knocks off a developer adhering to the brush roller 23 through a rotation of the brush roller 23, the brush roller 23 has looped bristles implanted in a state of endless loop, and the flicker 26 has a contact surface 29 which forms an acute angle, preferably an angle ¸ of 5° or more and 70° or less, with a direction of a tangent line on an upstream side in a rotation direction of the brush roller 23, and the looped bristles have the inclination of 30° or more and 60° or less with respect to a direction of a rotation axis of the brush roller 23.