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US 2017/0052501 A1Published application
Solid lubricant, image forming apparatus and image forming method
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsTeruo SASAKI, Yukio HOSOYA, Kunihiro OGURA, Taiki AMEMIYA
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Abstract
A solid lubricant containing a fatty acid metal salt and a polyethylene having an acid value is prepared. The solid lubricant is disposed so as to be applied on a surface of an image bearing member of an image forming apparatus in electrophotography, and a lubricant layer is formed on the surface of the image bearing member with the solid lubricant.
Claims6
A solid lubricant for forming a lubricant layer on a surface of an image bearing member of an image forming apparatus in electrophotography by being applied on the surface of the image bearing member, the solid lubricant comprising:
- a fatty acid metal salt;
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- a polyethylene having an acid value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.