Patent ID: 6445897
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A wet-type developing apparatus in which a latent image carrying member and a squeeze member are moved in the opposite directions to each other without coming into contact with each other and a liquid toner layer on said latent image carrying image member is squeezed between said latent image carrying member and said squeeze member, which comprises:means for forming the liquid toner layer on said latent image carrying member so that the liquid toner layer in advance of said squeeze member has a thickness smaller than the gap between said latent image carrying member and said squeeze member; means for making said liquid toner layer penetrate into the gap together with said latent image carrying member; and a power source for forming an electric field between said squeeze member and said latent image carrying member, wherein said liquid toner layer penetrating into the gap between said squeeze member and said latent image carrying member is brought into contact with said squeeze member by an electric attractive force of the electric field generated by said power source to thereby form a desired meniscus.