Patent ID: 9575440
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. A transfer device comprising: a conveyance belt being in contact with an image carrier that carries a toner image, and configured to convey a sheet via a contact position with the image carrier; a transfer roller to which a voltage having a polarity opposite to a charging polarity of toner that forms the toner image is applied, the transfer roller being configured to transfer the toner image carried by the image carrier onto the sheet at the contact position; a stretch roller to which the voltage having the polarity opposite to the charging polarity of the toner is applied, the stretch roller being configured to stretch the conveyance belt at a separation position in which the sheet is separated from the conveyance belt, the separation position being downstream of the contact position in a conveyance direction in which the sheet is conveyed by the conveyance belt; and a guide member to which the voltage having the polarity opposite to the charging polarity of the toner is applied, the guide member being formed of a conductive member and provided at a position opposed to the sheet being conveyed from the stretch roller to a fixing device that fixes, to the sheet, the toner image that has been transferred to the sheet by the transfer roller.