Image forming apparatus and liquid developer drying device

Details Image forming apparatus and liquid developer drying device Image forming apparatus and liquid developer drying device

2005-12-06

2005-12-06

Arana, Louis (Department: 2859)

Electrophotography

Image formation

Development

C399S249000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06973280

ABSTRACT:
A liquid-developer drying device includes a covering wall which has a facing surface covering and facing to part of an image-carrying body with a drying air passage between them. The image-carrying body carries developed image in a first direction along the drying air passage. The developed image includes liquid developer having toner particles and carrier liquid. The covering wall has a plurality of slits formed therein. The slits are distributed in a region with substantially less than half length along the facing surface covering the image-carrying body so as to blow dry air to the drying air passage in a second direction parallel to the first direction. Each of the slits extends across the drying air passage. The liquid-developer drying device also includes an air source supplying drying air to the slits.

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