US 11,868,076 B2
Lubricant coating with reduced lubricant remnant
Katsushi Higashida, Yokohama (JP); Takeshi Uchitani, Yokohama (JP); and Takayuki Wakai, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/925,375
Filed by HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed May 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/033063
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/247239, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-097402 (JP), filed on Jun. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0195027 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 21/00 (2006.01); F16N 15/00 (2006.01); F16N 29/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/0094 (2013.01) [F16N 15/00 (2013.01); F16N 29/02 (2013.01); G03G 21/007 (2013.01); G03G 15/0225 (2013.01); G03G 21/0035 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.