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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Yokoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A supply device for a liquid developer includes plural supply members, and a control section, wherein each of the supply member has a cylindrical shape with recesses disposed on an outer peripheral surface, faces a developing member developing while rotating, draws up the liquid developer accommodated in an accommodation section while rotating, supplies the liquid developer to the outer peripheral surface of the developing member, and is arranged along a rotation direction of the developing member, and wherein the control section controls a rotation starting time for the plural supply members so that a position of a peak of a thickness of the liquid developer supplied to the outer peripheral surface of the developing member by a first supply member is different from a position of a peak of a thickness of the liquid developer supplied to the outer peripheral surface of the developing member by a second supply member.