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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1990
Masaji Nishikawa, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A developing device of such liquid developer circulating type that introduces the liquid developer into a developing head by the action of negative pressure suction force created by a suction pump to develop a latent image on a recording medium by the liquid developer thus introduced, characterized by a means for adjusting and controlling the pumping capacity of the suction pump, responsive to a control command which represents a predetermined sequence and condition of the liquid developer circulated. It is preferable to add to the device a means for adjusting and controlling the pumping capacity of the suction pump, responsive to a control command obtained relating to a surface roughness of the recording medium, a means including a timer circuit for controlling the suction pump to operate with high pumping capacity for a predetermined time period after the operation of the pump is started, and then with low pumping capacity, and a means for adjusting and controlling the pumping capacity of the suction pump, responsive to a detection signal sent from a sensor which serves to detect a condition of the liquid developer flowing through the developing head.