Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lubricant supplying device, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge
- Patent Title (中): 润滑剂供给装置,成像装置和处理盒
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Application No.: US13847556Application Date: 2013-03-20
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Publication No.: US08909122B2Publication Date: 2014-12-09
- Inventor: Ryohta Gotoh , Satoshi Hatori , Naohiro Kumagai , Akira Fujimori , Kaoru Yoshino , Hideyasu Seki
- Applicant: Ryohta Gotoh , Satoshi Hatori , Naohiro Kumagai , Akira Fujimori , Kaoru Yoshino , Hideyasu Seki
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2012-065181 20120322; JP2012-091004 20120412
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00

Abstract:
A lubricant supplying device includes: lubricant; a supplying member; a housing case; a pushing mechanism that includes a pair of swing members supported swingably in the housing case and a biasing unit urging the pair of swing members to swing; and a remaining amount detecting unit that detects that a remaining amount of the lubricant is equal to or smaller than a predetermined amount. The remaining amount detecting unit includes: first detection members provided at respective positions different from respective sliding areas of the member on which the swing members slide, on which sliding areas the respective swing members slide, and second detection members attached to the respective swing members such that the second detection members abut or face the respective first detection members when swing postures of the respective swing members reach respective swing postures corresponding to that the remaining amount of the lubricant is the predetermined amount.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130279923A1 LUBRICANT SUPPLYING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE Public/Granted day:2013-10-24
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