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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2009
Image forming device based on direct recording method and image forming apparatus including the same
Masanori Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Endou, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Horike, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuaki Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoko Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Endou, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Horike, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuaki Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoko Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image creating apparatus includes a casing that stores therein an agent, an agent carrier rotatably supported by the casing, a hole defining member defining a plurality of holes therein and opposed to the agent carrier, a plurality of spray electrodes provided on the hole defining member respectively corresponding to the holes and forming an electric field for selectively causing the agent to be sprayed from the agent carrier towards the holes, and a positioning member provided on the casing to cover the agent carrier and positioning the hole defining member with respect to the agent carrier so that the agent carrier and the hole defining member are in a predetermined positional relationship. The angle of the positioning member is adjustable relative to the casing about a rotation shaft that is coaxial with the agent carrier.