LIQUID DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A liquid development device comprising:
- a storage section storing a liquid developer in which toner is dispersed;
a development member to which the liquid developer stored in the storage section is applied using an application unit;
a removing device that, after an electrostatic latent image in a latent image-holding member is developed, removes the liquid developer remaining in the development member; and
a shearing device that is provided in a path through which the liquid developer removed using the removing device is returned to the storage section, and applies a shear force to the liquid developer by making the liquid developer pass through a contact section of two members either or both of which rotate and that have different circumferential velocities from each other.
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Abstract
A liquid development device includes a storage section storing a liquid developer in which toner is dispersed, a development member to which the liquid developer stored in the storage section is applied using an application unit, a removing device that, after an electrostatic latent image in a latent image-holding member is developed, removes the liquid developer remaining in the development member, and a shearing device that is provided in a path through which the liquid developer removed using the removing device is returned to the storage section, and applies a shear force to the liquid developer by making the liquid developer pass through a contact section of two members either or both of which rotate and that have different circumferential velocities from each other.
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12 Claims
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1. A liquid development device comprising:
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a storage section storing a liquid developer in which toner is dispersed; a development member to which the liquid developer stored in the storage section is applied using an application unit; a removing device that, after an electrostatic latent image in a latent image-holding member is developed, removes the liquid developer remaining in the development member; and a shearing device that is provided in a path through which the liquid developer removed using the removing device is returned to the storage section, and applies a shear force to the liquid developer by making the liquid developer pass through a contact section of two members either or both of which rotate and that have different circumferential velocities from each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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