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

Claim 0:
1. A lubricant coating device comprising:
a rotatable applicator to apply lubricant from a solid lubricant source to a member to be coated; and
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, wherein the pair of supporting members are disposed symmetrically relative to a plane intersecting an axis of rotation of the rotatable applicator, wherein the pair of supporting members comprises two supporting plates to support the solid lubricant source, the supporting plates to rotate in opposite directions about respective axes of rotation that are parallel with the axis of rotation of the rotatable applicator, based on the consumption of the solid lubricant source, to support the solid lubricant source on the supporting plates.