Patent ID: 7953362

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a photoconductor configured to carry a toner image formed by developing an electrostatic latent image with a toner; and a lubricant applicator configured to apply a solid lubricant to a surface of the photoconductor, the lubricant applicator including a holder configured to hold the solid lubricant, a brush roller configured to scrape off the solid lubricant from the holder and apply the scraped solid lubricant to the surface of the photoconductor, a pressing member having an ellipse shape and configured to press the solid lubricant toward the brush roller via the holder, and a major axis of the ellipse shape is larger than a minor axis of the ellipse shape, and a protrusion disposed on the holder and configured to contact an inner circumferential surface of the pressing member at two discrete positions provided in both end portions of the pressing member in a direction of the minor axis of the ellipse shape formed by the pressing member so as to support the pressing member.