Patent ID: 9541858
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A developing device, comprising: a developing member that forms a first nip with a latent image forming member on which a latent image is formed, and develops the latent image as a toner image using a developer containing a toner and a first liquid; a first supply member that forms a second nip with the developing member, and supplies the developer to the developing member; and a second supply member that faces the developing member at an upstream of the first nip in the developing member in a rotation direction of the developing member and at a downstream of the second nip, the second supply member having a second liquid adhered to an outer circumferential surface of the second supply member, and the second supply member supplying the second liquid adhered to the outer circumferential surface of the second supply member to the developing member, wherein when the second liquid adhered to the outer circumferential surface of the second supply member is supplied to the developing member by the second supply member, a thickness of a layer of the developer on the developing member is increased.