Patent ID: 8112026
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A lubricant applying device that faces a rotatable body, and that applies a solid lubricant to the rotatable body, the device comprising: a lubricating roll in which the solid lubricant for application is formed into a circular sectional shape around a rotatable support shaft, and that is contacted with the rotatable body; and a pressing mechanism that presses the lubricating roll toward the rotatable body, wherein the lubricating roll that is pressed against the rotatable body by the pressing mechanism applies the lubricant in a state where the lubricating roll is not rotated relative to the rotatable body, and, when a rotational torque due to the contact with the rotatable body exceeds a predetermined value, the lubricating roll is rotated in accordance with rotation of the rotatable body and when the rotational torque does not exceed the predetermined value, the lubricating roll is not rotated.