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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1997
Atsushi Tano, Kawasaki, JP;
Kunihiko Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshihiro Yukawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A liquid developing head is arranged to confront a surface of an image bearing member via a developing gap and a squeeze gap and carries out a developing by use of a developing liquid. The liquid developing head includes a housing, a developing roller, supported by the housing, supplying the developing liquid to the developing gap by rotating so that a portion of the developing roller confronting the image bearing member moves in a direction which is the same as a moving direction of the surface of the image bearing member, a squeeze roller, supported by the housing and arranged on a downstream side of the developing roller in the moving direction of the surface of the image bearing member, removing a surplus developing liquid adhered on the surface of the image bearing member at the squeeze gap by rotating so that a portion of the squeeze roller confronting the image bearing member moves in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the surface of the image bearing member, a developing liquid supply path, formed within the housing and having an ejection hole located at a portion on an upstream side of the developing gap in the moving direction of the surface of the image bearing member, supplied with the developing liquid from outside, and a developing liquid recovery path, formed within the housing, forcibly recovering the surplus developing liquid in response to a suction force applied from the outside.