Lubricant applicator, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge
US8380115B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 7, 2010 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/0011
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
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<N2< . . . Nx) are the multiple different linear velocities of the image carrier, and n1, n2, . . . nx are multiple linear velocities of the lubricant applying member corresponding to the multiple linear velocities of the image carrier.
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