Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US18479907Application Date: 2023-10-03
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Publication No.: US12210302B2Publication Date: 2025-01-28
- Inventor: Hokuto Hatano , Shunichi Takaya , Kazuhiro Saito
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- Priority: JP2022-159684 20221003
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G01J3/50 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a solid lubricant; a lubricant application member that scrapes off the solid lubricant and applies the scraped solid lubricant to a surface of the image carrier; a colorimeter that performs colorimetry of a colorimetric surface of the solid lubricant; and a hardware processor that sets a lubricant application condition such that a predetermined amount of lubricant is applied on the basis of a colorimetric result obtained by the colorimeter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240118649A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2024-04-11
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