Invention Publication
- Patent Title: Image Forming Apparatus
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Application No.: US18479907Application Date: 2023-10-03
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Publication No.: US20240118649A1Publication Date: 2024-04-11
- Inventor: Hokuto HATANO , Shunichi TAKAYA , Kazuhiro SAITO
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP 22159684 2022.10.03
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G01J3/50

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a solid lubricant; a lubricant application member that scrapes off the solid lubricant and applies the scraped solid lubricant to a surface of the image carrier; a colorimeter that performs colorimetry of a colorimetric surface of the solid lubricant; and a hardware processor that sets a lubricant application condition such that a predetermined amount of lubricant is applied on the basis of a colorimetric result obtained by the colorimeter.
Public/Granted literature
- US12210302B2 Image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2025-01-28
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