Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and image forming method
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置及图像形成方法
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Application No.: US13351787Application Date: 2012-01-17
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Publication No.: US08693908B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Kazuhiro Nishiyama , Akihiro Gomi , Tsutomu Sasaki , Naotaka Higuchi
- Applicant: Kazuhiro Nishiyama , Akihiro Gomi , Tsutomu Sasaki , Naotaka Higuchi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Priority: JP2011-021456 20110203
- Main IPC: G03G15/10
- IPC: G03G15/10

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus of the invention includes; a cleaning member that collects liquid developer by cleaning a developer carrier; a first transporting path that moves the liquid developer collected by the cleaning member; an oscillating member that applies vibration to the liquid developer transported from the first transporting path; a developer supply unit that stores the liquid developer transported from a first transporting mechanism; a second transporting mechanism that includes a second transporting path that transports the liquid developer stored in the developer supply unit to a developer storage in a developing unit; and a control unit that adjusts a toner charge current applied to the toner charging unit and controls vibration applied to the oscillating member on the basis of the adjusted toner charge current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120201555A1 Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming Method Public/Granted day:2012-08-09
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