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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2009
Yoshihisa Saka, Shiojiri, JP;
Yoshihisa Saka, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer device has a cleaning arrangement for preventing any leakage of the toner and the liquid carrier remaining on a transfer belt. The transfer device includes a transfer belt onto which liquid developer images are transferred, the transfer belt being wound around a roller having an axial length of L, a transfer belt cleaning blade to be brought into contact with the roller by way of the transfer belt, the transfer belt cleaning blade having a length Lin the axial direction of the roller, and cleaning blade seal members arranged at the opposite lateral ends of the transfer belt cleaning blade in the axial direction of the roller and having a length of L. The lengths of these members have the relationships of L>Land L<L+2L