Patent ID: 9046828
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrying member on which a toner image is carried; an endless transport belt which carries and transports, on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a recording medium to which the toner image on the image carrying member is transferred; a driving roller across which and a following roller the transport belt is laid, the driving roller rotating to drive the transport belt to move; a transferring member which makes contact with an inner circumferential surface of the transport belt to press the transport belt against the image carrying member; a nip portion formed between the transport belt and the image carrying member by a pressure of the transferring member; and an applying portion for applying a bias to the transferring member, application of the bias to the transferring member causing, at the nip portion, the toner image carried on the image carrying member to be transferred to the recording medium carried on the transport belt, wherein the image forming apparatus further comprises, in a vicinity of the nip portion, a pair of support members which keeps both width-direction end parts of the transport belt in contact with the image carrying member, and the support members are respectively fixed to fitting members that respectively hold both end parts of the transferring member, the support members respectively protruding, at one end thereof, from both end parts of the transfer belt in a width direction thereof.