Patent ID: 8565656

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a photosensitive member configured to carry a developer image; a transfer member to which a transfer bias is applied to attract the developer image from the photosensitive member; a sheet housing unit configured to house recording sheets; a recording sheet feeding mechanism configured to feed out a recording sheet from within the sheet housing unit to an outside of the sheet housing unit; and a guide member configured to guide a recording sheet fed out by the recording sheet feeding mechanism towards a position between the photosensitive member and the transfer member, wherein the guide member has: a conductive member configured to be brought into abutment with a leading end portion of the recording sheet while the recording sheet remains within the sheet housing unit and which is grounded electrically; and an insulation member configured to be brought into abutment with the recording sheet when the leading end portion of the recording sheet reaches the transfer member, wherein a part of the conductive member is covered by the insulation member, the insulation member projects further towards a transport path side than the conductive member, an area of the conductive member exposed from the insulation member is formed at a central portion in a width direction of the recording sheet, and the exposed area of the conductive member is formed to be tapered as the conductive member extends in a transport direction toward the downstream side.