Patent ID: 8958737
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A lubricant supplying device that supplies a lubricant to an image carrier that carries a toner image, the lubricant supplying device comprising: a lubricant supplying roller that rotates in a predetermined direction and slides on the image carrier; a solid lubricant that slides on the lubricant supplying roller; a holding member that holds the solid lubricant; a compressing spring with one end being brought into contact with the holding member, thereby biasing the solid lubricant toward the lubricant supplying roller; and a casing that covers the outside of the device, wherein the casing includes a wall portion that is uprightly formed so as to cover a part or an entirety of an outer peripheral portion of the compressing spring, and are uprightly formed so as to cover a part of the outer peripheral portion of the compressing spring in a non-contact state, wherein a notch portion is formed in the wall portion of the cover member so as not to face a wall surface of the casing when the cover member is attached to the opening portion of the casing.