LUBRICANT APPLICATOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND TONER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lubricant applicator having such configuration that it can apply an adequate amount of a lubricant without causing uneven application over the whole surface of a photoreceptor while preventing excess application. SOLUTION: The lubricant applicator 3 comprises a cylindrically molded solid lubricant 3b and a brush roller 3a which is disposed in a position where it comes in contact with both the solid lubricant 3b and an image carrier 1, scrapes the solid lubricant 3b, and applies it to the surface of the image carrier 1, and forms a lubricant film on the surface of the image carrier 1, wherein a plurality of pressing members 3c for pressing the solid lubricant 3b against the brush roller 3a side are arranged in the lengthwise direction of the solid lubricant 3b and pressure by pressing members 3c-2 situated in a central region is made smaller than that by pressing members 3c-1 situated in terminal regions in the lengthwise direction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI