Patent ID: 8509662

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a latent image carrier on which a latent image is formed; a developer carrier being in contact with the latent image carrier and being configured to develop the latent image formed on the latent image carrier by using a liquid developer that contains toner and a carrier liquid; an image carrier belt being in contact with the latent image carrier, the latent image carrier being configured to transfer the developed image onto the image carrier belt; and a transfer roller including a sheet member having an inner face, and a concave section on a circumferential surface thereof, the sheet member being arranged on a part of the circumferential surface other than where the concave section is, the transfer roller being configured to transfer the developed image onto a transfer material to be in contact with the transfer material supported at the inner face, the concave section being concaved from the sheet member and extending in a direction towards the center of the transfer roller, the inner face being arranged to an angle with the direction; wherein applying the liquid carrier on a part of the latent image carrier by the developer carrier, contacting the part of the latent image carrier with a part of the image carrier belt and contacting the sheet member with the part of the image carrier belt.