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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Takeshi Maeyama, Ikeda, JP;
Kunitomo Sasaki, Takatsuki, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present wet-type developing device includes: a developer carrier for carrying a wet-type developer, which contains a charged toner particle and carrier liquid, and supplying the wet-type developer to an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a charge neutralizing unit for neutralizing a charge of the toner particle contained in the wet-type developer remaining on the developer carrier after supplying the wet-type developer to the image carrier; a dispersing unit for dispersing the toner particle in the carrier liquid by acting on the toner particle contained in the wet-type developer neutralized in charge by the charge neutralizing unit; and a removing unit for removing, from the developer carrier, the wet-type developer containing the toner particle dispersed by the dispersing unit.