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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2011
Tomoyuki Oda, Osaka, JP;
Tomoyuki Oda, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a developing device, a liquid developer supplying device including a liquid developer flow path and supplying a liquid developer containing a solid content to the developing device through a discharge port of the liquid developer flow path, a storage container storing the liquid developer, a conveying mechanism capable of feeding the liquid developer from the storage container to the liquid developer flow path and feeding the liquid developer in the liquid developer flow path back to the storage container and a controller controlling the conveying mechanism. At the time of non-developing operation in which a toner image forming operation is not performed by the developing device, the controller controls the conveying mechanism to feed at least a part of the liquid developer present in the liquid developer flow path back to the storage container.