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Title:
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009190366
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an image forming apparatus capable of removing liquid recipient particles remaining on an intermediate transfer body.

A heater 60 blows hot air to ink-recipient particles 16 which remain on an intermediate transfer belt 12, without being transferred to a sheet material P and are conveyed toward a cleaning blade 28. Thus, moisture is removed from the ink-recipient particles 16. Further, the cleaning blade 28 removes the ink-recipient particles 16 whose moisture is removed from the intermediate transfer belt 12. The moisture is removed from the ink-recipient particles in the method, so that many ink-recipient particles 16 remaining on the intermediate transfer belt 12 can be removed therefrom.


Inventors:
SEKIMOTO MASAHIKO
IKEDA HIROSHI
Application Number:
JP2008036077A
Publication Date:
August 27, 2009
Filing Date:
February 18, 2008
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Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO LTD
International Classes:
B41J2/165; B41J2/18; B41J2/185
Domestic Patent References:
JP2006232512A2006-09-07
JP2006347081A2006-12-28
JP2004042604A2004-02-12
JP2001287387A2001-10-16
JPH05229112A1993-09-07
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Atsushi Nakajima
Kato Kazunori
Katsuichi Nishimoto
Hiroshi Fukuda