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US 10,539,916 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus and lubricant application device
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorJin Iwasaki
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image holder; a developing device that creates a toner image by developing a latent image held on the image holder; and an application member that scrapes a lubricant from a solid lubricant and applies the scraped lubricant onto the image holder, wherein a surface of the application member is a fabric member that holds toner.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image holder;
- and
- an application member configured to have a surface that scrapes a lubricant from a solid lubricant and apply the scraped lubricant onto an image holder,
- wherein the surface of the application member is a bristleless fabric member configured to hold toner,
- wherein the bristleless fabric member comprises microfibers having a thickness of 1 denier or less, and
- wherein the bristleless fabric member is a mixed fiber material combining nylon and polyester.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image holder;
- an application member configured to have a surface that scrapes a lubricant from a solid lubricant and apply the scraped lubricant onto an image holder,
- wherein the surface of the application member is a bristleless fabric member configured to hold toner,
- wherein the fabric member is electrically conductive;
- wherein the image forming apparatus further comprises a voltage application device configured to apply a voltage for attaching toner to the fabric member,
- wherein the bristleless fabric member comprises microfibers having a thickness of 1 denier or less, and
- wherein the bristleless fabric member is a mixed fiber material combining nylon and polyester.
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A lubricant application device comprising:
- an application member configured to have a surface that scrapes a lubricant from a solid lubricant and apply the scraped lubricant onto an image holder holding a toner image,
- wherein the surface of the application member is a bristleless fabric member configured to hold toner,
- wherein the bristleless fabric member comprises microfibers having a thickness of 1 denier or less, and
- wherein the bristleless fabric member is a mixed fiber material combining nylon and polyester.
1 more element
An application roller comprising:
- an outermost peripheral surface comprising a bristleless fabric configured to hold toner;
- wherein the outermost peripheral surface is configured to scrape a lubricant from a solid lubricant and to apply the scraped lubricant onto a photoconductor drum,
- wherein the bristleless fabric comprises microfibers having a thickness of 1 denier or less, and
- wherein the bristleless fabric is a mixed fiber material combining nylon and polyester.
1 more element
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image holder;
- a developing device configured to create a toner image by developing a latent image held on the image holder;
- and
- an application member configured to have a surface that scrapes a lubricant from a solid lubricant and apply the scraped lubricant onto the image holder,
- wherein the surface of the application member is a bristleless fabric member that is configured to hold toner,
- wherein the application member comprises an elastic layer on an inner side of the fabric member,
- wherein the bristleless fabric member comprises microfibers having a thickness of 1 denier or less, and
- wherein the bristleless fabric member is a mixed fiber material combining nylon and polyester.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.