Patent ID: 8311445

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a latent image bearing member on which a latent image is formed; a developing unit that develops the latent image formed on the latent image bearing member using a liquid developer containing toner particles and a carrier liquid; a transfer member onto which the image developed on the latent image bearing member by the developing unit is transferred; a cleaning unit that cleans the latent image bearing member; a cleaning roller, to which a bias is applied, that cleans the transfer member by making contact with the transfer member; a blade that cleans the cleaning roller by making contact with the cleaning roller; a cleaning blade that cleans the transfer member cleaned by the cleaning roller by making contact with the transfer member; a holding unit that holds collected material scratched by the blade and the cleaning blade; an application unit that applies the collected material held in the holding unit to the cleaning roller; and a transport channel that transports the collected material collected by the cleaning unit to the holding unit.