Patent ID: 11868076
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  F | IPC F  G

Claim 11:
12. An imaging apparatus comprising a lubricant coating device, wherein the lubricant coating device comprises:
a rotatable applicator to apply lubricant from a solid lubricant source to a member to be coated;
a pair of supporting members to support the solid lubricant source in a contact state with the rotatable applicator and to change a supporting angle of the solid lubricant source relative to the rotatable applicator based on a consumption of the solid lubricant source; and
a division facilitating member to facilitate dividing the solid lubricant source supported on the pair of supporting members by abutting the pair of supporting members to rotate the pair of supporting members.