| US 7,483,654 B2 | ||
| Wet type image formation apparatus and liquid developing agent cleaner therefor | ||
| Masahiro Hosoya, Saitama (Japan); and Hideki Nukada, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 26, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/188,906. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-230076 (JP), filed on Aug. 06, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0029430 A1, Feb. 09, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/10 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—249 [399/350] | 18 Claims |
| 1. A wet type image formation apparatus comprising:
an image carrier;
a developing device forming a visible image on the image carrier by applying a liquid developing agent having a carrier solvent
and a solid component to an electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier;
a squeeze member being movable in contact with the liquid developing agent in order to remove a portion of the carrier solvent
from the visible image;
a liquid developing agent cleaner having a plate-shaped elastic body including an edge, a first part having a first curvature
radius and a second part being adjacent to the first part, the second part having a second curvature radius smaller than the
first curvature radius of the first part, the liquid developing agent cleaner removing the liquid developing agent from a
surface of the squeeze member by bringing the first part not including the edge of the plate-shaped elastic body into pressure
contact with the squeeze member; and
a transfer device transferring the visible image on the image carrier after passing through the squeeze member to a transfer
material.
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