WET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve transfer image formation of high speed and high quality by surely removing carrier liquid moved from the top of a toner image without staining surroundings after toner image formation using a liquid development agent. SOLUTION: A spraying nozzle 26 is provided which sprays gas on the toner image and pushes back the carrier liquid of the toner image surface to the upstream in the direction of rotation of a photoreceptor drum 11. A shielding wall 27 that changes passage of gas from the spraying nozzle 26 is arranged at the downstream side in the spraying direction of the spraying nozzle 26. A liquid pool 28 is steadily formed at the liquid pool position U on the photoreceptor drum 11 by using the gas from the spraying nozzle 26 and the gas from the shielding wall 27. The carrier liquid is removed from the surface of the photoreceptor drum 11 by making the carrier liquid flow down steadily along a liquid carrier guide plate 30 which comes into contact with the liquid pool 28. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI