Invention Grant
US08670694B2 Gear drive apparatus, driving device including gear drive apparatus, and image forming device including gear drive apparatus
有权
齿轮传动装置，包括齿轮传动装置的驱动装置和包括齿轮传动装置的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Gear drive apparatus, driving device including gear drive apparatus, and image forming device including gear drive apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 齿轮传动装置，包括齿轮传动装置的驱动装置和包括齿轮传动装置的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13253108Application Date: 2011-10-05
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Publication No.: US08670694B2Publication Date: 2014-03-11
- Inventor: Makoto Nakura , Masaru Kawamoto , Naoto Ueda , Hirofumi Ohkushi
- Applicant: Makoto Nakura , Masaru Kawamoto , Naoto Ueda , Hirofumi Ohkushi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: IPUSA, PLLC
- Priority: JP2010-226925 20101006
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00
Abstract:
A gear drive apparatus includes a gear train including a plurality of gears, and a holding unit accommodating the gear train and a lubricant to be supplied to tooth flanks of each of the plurality of gears, the holding unit including an inlet opening from which the lubricant is poured. The lubricant from the inlet opening is supplied to an engagement area where two gears of the plurality of gears are engaged with each other, or to a tooth flank area of one of the two gears at an upstream part from the engagement area along a rotational direction of the one of the two gears.
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