Patent ID: 6970675
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A liquid type image forming apparatus comprising: a latent image carrier configured to carry a latent image; a developing device configured to develop the latent image on the latent image carrier into a visualized image by a liquid developer containing a toner in a carrier liquid; a primary transfer device configured to electrostatically and intermediately transfer the visualized image on the latent image carrier onto an intermediate transfer body; and a secondary transfer device configured to electrostatically transfer the visualized image on the intermediate transfer body onto a recording body, wherein a fluorine compound is contained in at least a surface of said intermediate transfer body, a heating device configured to heat the intermediate transfer body is provided, and the heating device is disposed at a downstream side of the secondary transfer device and an upstream side of the primary transfer device and is thereby configured to heat the intermediate transfer body at a position after the visualized image has been transferred onto the recording body and before another visualized image is intermediately transferred from the latent image carrier.