Patent ID: 8235177

Claim:
A lubricant supply device, comprising: a solid lubricant; a supply member to contact and rub the solid lubricant and thereby scrape a lubricant off the solid lubricant and supply the lubricant to a lubricant supplying target; and a pressing mechanism to press the solid lubricant against the supply member, the pressing mechanism including one biasing device, and a plurality of pressing members to receive a biasing force of the one biasing device and thereby press places of the solid lubricant at symmetrical positions with respect to a center of a contact part of the solid lubricant contacting the supply member, respectively, wherein the one biasing device generates the biasing force in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the solid lubricant is pressed and the plurality of pressing members press the places of the solid lubricant at the symmetrical positions by converting the direction of the biasing force to the direction in which the solid lubricant is pressed.