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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2006
Hiroyuki Ueda, Osaka, JP;
Koji Murase, Osaka, JP;
Hidenori Takenaka, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyuki Oda, Osaka, JP;
Jumpei Hobo, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ueda, Osaka, JP;
Koji Murase, Osaka, JP;
Hidenori Takenaka, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyuki Oda, Osaka, JP;
Jumpei Hobo, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A wet image forming device includes a plurality of developer support members that support a developer including a toner and a carrier functioning as a toner transfer agent, a plurality of image support members, the outer peripheral surfaces of each contacting the plurality of developer support members, and which support an electrostatic latent image developed with toner included in the developer supported by the plurality of developer support members, an intermediate transfer member to which an image developed on each of the plurality of image support members is transferred, a transfer roller that is pressed into contact with each of the plurality of image support members through the intermediate transfer member, and one or more carrier removing members that remove the carrier and arranged between a first image support member that is one of the plurality of image support members and a second image support member that is located adjacent to the first image support member.