Patent ID: 6131004
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An air circulation system of a liquid electrophotographic printer, comprising:an engine shell in which are installed:a developing unit for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoreceptor belt and having at least one air injector;a drying unit for drying the developed image; anda transferring unit for transferring the developed image to a print paper;a main path through which air from said engine shell is taken in and exhausted to outside said engine shell;a filter installed in said main path for filtering air;a return path branched from said main path and through which at least some of the air taken in from said engine shell is supplied to said at least one air injector; andan air pump providing a driving force to cause air to flow along said main path and said return path,wherein said air pump is installed at a branching point between said main path and said return path.