Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lubricant applicator, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge
- Patent Title (中): 润滑剂涂布器,成像设备和处理盒
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Application No.: US12654863Application Date: 2010-01-07
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Publication No.: US08380115B2Publication Date: 2013-02-19
- Inventor: Takeshi Shintani , Daisuke Tomita , Satoshi Hatori , Nobuo Kuwabara , Akio Kosuge , Shinichi Kawahara , Yoshinori Ozawa
- Applicant: Takeshi Shintani , Daisuke Tomita , Satoshi Hatori , Nobuo Kuwabara , Akio Kosuge , Shinichi Kawahara , Yoshinori Ozawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2009-007837 20090116
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00

Abstract:
A lubricant applicator rotatable at multiple different linear velocities, including a rotatable lubricant applying member to scrape a lubricant and to apply the lubricant to a surface of an image carrier rotatable at multiple different linear velocities. Any given linear velocity of the lubricant applying member satisfies a relation of n1/N1>n2/N2> . . . nx/Nx, where N1, N2, . . . Nx (N1
Public/Granted literature
- US20100183349A1 Lubricant applicator, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge Public/Granted day:2010-07-22
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