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US 9,316,952 B1Granted
Liquid supply device, developing device, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsTaijyu Gan, Toshihiko Suzuki
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Abstract
A liquid supply device includes a rotating supply member that holds a liquid developer in concave portions formed on an outer peripheral surface, and supplies the liquid developer to a target supply member, a regulating member that regulates a liquid developer holding amount of the outer peripheral surface of the rotating supply member by contacting with the outer peripheral surface of the rotating supply member, and a movement unit that moves the regulating member to a retract position which is separated from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating supply member.
Claims13
A liquid supply device comprising:
- a rotating supply member that holds a liquid developer in concave portions formed on an outer peripheral surface, and supplies the liquid developer to a target supply member;
- a regulating member that regulates a liquid developer holding amount of the outer peripheral surface of the rotating supply member by contacting with the outer peripheral surface of the rotating supply member;
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- a movement unit that moves the regulating member to a retract position which is separated from the outer peripheral surface of the rotating supply member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.