Liquid developer collection apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorSatoshi Chiba
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Abstract
A liquid developer collection apparatus and an image forming apparatus can prevent image disturbances and also disturbances of the toner particles on the image section that can be produced by squeezing. The liquid developer collection apparatus includes a first squeezing section 113aY that squeeze a liquid developer on an image carrier carrying an image developed by the liquid developer containing carrier liquid and toner particles, and a second squeezing section 113bY arranged vertically above the first squeezing section 113aY to squeeze the image carrier squeezed by the first squeezing section 113aY, and the liquid developer collected by the second squeezing section 113bY is made to fall free onto the first squeezing section 113aY and collected.
Claims15
A liquid developer collection apparatus comprising:
- a first squeezing section that squeezes an image developed by a liquid developer containing carrier liquid and toner particles and that collect a residual liquid developer on an image carrier;
- a second squeezing section arranged vertically above the first squeezing section that squeezes the image squeezed by the first squeezing section, and that collects the residual liquid developer;
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- a developer collection section that collects the residual liquid developer by collecting by the first squeezing section and the second squeezing section, wherein
- the residual liquid developer collected by the second squeezing section being made to fall free onto the first squeezing section and being collected into the developer collection section along with the residual liquid developer collected by the first squeezing section.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a development unit that includes
- an image carrier that carries an image developed by a developer carrier;
- a first squeezing section that squeezes the image developed by the developer carrier that collects a residual liquid developer;
- a second squeezing section arranged vertically above the first squeezing section that squeezes the image squeezed by the first squeezing section, and that collects the residual liquid developer;
- a transfer member on which is received the image squeezed by the second squeezing section;
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- an image carrier cleaning blade that cleans the image carrier, wherein
- the residual liquid developer collected by the second squeezing section being made to fall free onto the first squeezing section and being collected into a collection section along with the residual liquid developer collected by the first squeezing section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.