Patent ID: 6941102

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: a belt-formed member supported by a plurality of supporting rollers, the belt-formed member being a belt-formed transfer sheet conveying member to carry and convey a transfer sheet; a plurality of opposing members arranged side by side in a line so as to oppose said belt-formed member and to be contacting or in close proximity to said belt-formed member, each of the plurality of opposing members being an image bearing member on which a latent image to be transferred onto said transfer sheet is formed; a separation device configured to separate a part of said plurality of image bearing members contacting or in close proximity to said transfer sheet conveying member from said transfer sheet conveying member by moving the part of said plurality of image bearing members; and a tension roller configured to move to adjust a tension in the belt-formed member when the separation device moves the part of the plurality of image bearing members.