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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SEPARATING DEVICE

  • US 20180059582A1
  • Filed: 05/27/2016
  • Published: 03/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

  • an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a recording material with a liquid developer containing a toner and a carrier liquid,wherein the carrier liquid contains a first substance for imparting an electrical polarity to the toner and a second substance, higher in volume resistivity than the first substance, as a dispersion medium for dispersing the toner; and

    a carrier separating device configured to separate the carrier liquid into the first substance charged to an opposite polarity to a charge polarity of the toner and the second substance by applying an electric field to the liquid developer collected from said image forming portion so as to collect each of the first substance and the second substance.

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