Patent ID: 9417562
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A recovery device comprising: a recovery mechanism that recovers a liquid developer from a holding member which revolves while holding the liquid developer, the liquid developer being not delivered from the holding member to a delivery target member and remains on the holding member; a reception section that receives the liquid developer which the recovery mechanism recovers; an addition member that adds a diluent, which reduces a toner concentration of the liquid developer, to the liquid developer that the reception section receives; a porous section through which the liquid developer passes; a container, in which the reception section and the porous section are formed, the container having a bottom plate that is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane, wherein a lower side portion of the bottom plate with respect to a center of the bottom plate is set as the reception section, and an upper side portion of the bottom plate with respect to the center of the bottom plate is set as the porous section; and a transport member that moves to transport the liquid developer which the reception section receives to the porous section, and causes the liquid developer to pass through the porous section.