Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lubricant supplying device, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge
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Application No.: US14716546Application Date: 2015-05-19
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Publication No.: US09256190B2Publication Date: 2016-02-09
- Inventor: Satoshi Hatori , Ryohta Gotoh , Akira Fujimori , Naohiro Kumagai , Kaoru Yoshino , Hideyasu Seki , Nobuyuki Taguchi , Hiromichi Ninomiya , Yuta Azeyanagi , Yasuhito Kuboshima
- Applicant: Satoshi Hatori , Ryohta Gotoh , Akira Fujimori , Naohiro Kumagai , Kaoru Yoshino , Hideyasu Seki , Nobuyuki Taguchi , Hiromichi Ninomiya , Yuta Azeyanagi , Yasuhito Kuboshima
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2012-062590 20120319; JP2012-170168 20120731
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; F16N15/00 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
A lubricant supplying device includes: lubricant; a supplying member that supplies the lubricant to a lubricant supply target; and a remaining amount detecting unit that detects that a remaining amount of the lubricant is equal to or smaller than a certain amount. The remaining amount detecting unit includes a first electrode member and a second electrode member. The lubricant supplying device includes a member that causes at least a part of the second electrode member to move and causes the second electrode member to abut the first electrode member with an increase in consumption of the lubricant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150268619A1 LUBRICANT SUPPLYING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE Public/Granted day:2015-09-24
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