Patent ID: 8787805
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an intermediate transfer belt; an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on the intermediate transfer belt; a transfer inner roller provided on an inner surface of the intermediate transfer belt and configured to form a nip portion that transfer the toner image formed on the intermediate transfer belt onto a recording material; a transfer outer roller configured to press an outer surface of the intermediate transfer belt at a position opposed to the transfer inner roller and configured to form the nip portion; a first guide member provided to oppose the intermediate transfer belt and configured to guide the recording material to the nip portion; a second guide member provided opposed to the first guide member guiding the recording material to the nip portion while the second guide member is in contact with a surface of the recording material opposite to a surface to which the toner image is to be transferred; and a sheet member configured to urge the intermediate transfer belt in a region between a crossing portion where a virtual extension line extending from a surface of the second guide member intersects the intermediate transfer belt and the upstream side of the nip portion in the conveying direction of the recording material on a cross section perpendicular to a rotation axis of the transfer inner roller.