Patent ID: 6347209
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, comprising:an image bearing member for bearing an image; a recording material bearing member for bearing a recording material; first charge supplying means for supplying electric charges having a predetermined polarity to an opposite side of a surface, on which the recording material is borne, of said recording material bearing member in order to electrostatically transfer the image on said image bearing member to the recording material borne by said recording material bearing member; and second charge supplying means for supplying electric charges to the opposite side of the surface, on which the recording material is borne, of said recording material bearing member before the recording material is borne by said recording material bearing member, wherein said second charge supplying means supplies electric charges to said recording material bearing member in such a way that, in a direction substantially perpendicular to a conveying direction of the recording material, a charge amount of a second area outside a first area, for bearing the recording material, of the recording material bearing member among areas, to which electric charges are supplied by said first charge supplying means, of said recording material bearing member becomes greater than a charge amount of said first area toward said predetermined polarity.