Patent ID: 9429880
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: at least one image carrier that carries a toner image; an intermediate transfer body that is rotatable and that faces the image carrier; an opposing member that is positioned upstream of a second transfer section in a direction of rotation of the intermediate transfer body and that faces the intermediate transfer body; and a voltage application unit that applies an alternating-current voltage, whose polarity reverses, and forms an alternating-current electric field between the intermediate transfer body and the opposing member, wherein a first transfer section in which the toner image on the image carrier is transferred onto a surface of the intermediate transfer body is formed, and wherein the second transfer section that is positioned downstream of the first transfer section in the direction of rotation of the intermediate transfer body and in which the toner image on the intermediate transfer body is transferred onto a medium is formed.