Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes a secondary transfer roller that is supported by a secondary-transfer-unit supporting unit and transfers a toner image onto a recording medium, a lubricant applying brush that comes into contact with the secondary transfer roller and applies a lubricant to the sec...

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Zusammenfassung:An image forming apparatus includes a secondary transfer roller that is supported by a secondary-transfer-unit supporting unit and transfers a toner image onto a recording medium, a lubricant applying brush that comes into contact with the secondary transfer roller and applies a lubricant to the secondary transfer roller, a lubricant-applying-brush housing unit that houses the lubricant applying brush, a solid lubricant that is housed in the lubricant-applying-brush housing unit and supplies the lubricant to the lubricant applying brush, a lubricant holding member that elastically holds the solid lubricant, a driving gear that transmits rotational force from the outside to the lubricant applying brush, and a lubricant unit that supports at least the lubricant applying brush, the lubricant-applying-brush housing unit, the solid lubricant, the lubricant holding member, and the driving gear in an integral state and is formed to be detachably attachable to the secondary-transfer-unit supporting unit.