Patent ID: 7409182

Claim:
A transfer device comprising: a belt device that endlessly moves a belt member of an endless shape while stretching and suspending the belt member with a plurality of stretching and suspending members; and a brush member disposed to bring a tip side of a brush unit including a plurality of raised bristles vertically provided on a surface of a conductive support member into contact with a rear surface of the belt member, the transfer device transferring a visible image on a surface of a latent image bearing member in contact with a front surface of the belt member onto the front surface of the belt member or a transfer material held on the front surface of the belt member while leading a transfer bias applied to the conductive support member from the tip side of the brush unit to the rear surface of the belt member, wherein, a maximum bristle inclination amount of the raised bristles is equal to or smaller than 0.53 millimeters.