Patent ID: 9158239
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an endless belt having an outer circumferential surface for conveying a recording sheet; a photosensitive member that is provided to face the outer circumferential surface of the endless belt; a sensor configured to detect a leading end of the conveyed recording sheet; a cleaning member that is provided to face the outer circumferential surface of the endless belt and that is configured to clean the outer circumferential surface of the endless belt; and a control device configured to control a cleaning bias to be applied to the cleaning member, wherein the control device is configured to control the cleaning bias so as to: wherein the control device is configured to change the cleaning bias from the first bias to the second bias when a first predetermined time elapses from a timing of detection of the leading end of the recording sheet by the sensor.