Patent ID: 6219500
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A developer liquid squeegee apparatus for a liquid electrophotographic printer, comprising:a first squeegee roller for squeegeeing developer liquid supplied to a development region of a photoreceptor belt and removing excess developer liquid;a pair of air nozzles for spraying air toward both edges of the first squeegee roller to prevent a wrap-around developer liquid from being induced thereto;a heating roller for drying the developer liquid on an image developed on the development region of the photoreceptor belt; andwrap-around developer liquid removing means provided between the first squeegee roller and the heating roller for removing the wrap-around developer liquid from the development region, said wrap-around developer liquid removing means comprising a detector provided directly under edges of the development region of the photoreceptor belt for detecting a presence of the wrap-around developer liquid at the edges of the development region of the photoreceptor belt, and a second squeegee roller for removing the wrap-around developer liquid at the edges of the development region of the photoreceptor belt while selectively contacting the photoreceptor belt and rotating according to a signal, indicative of a detection result transmitted by the detector.