Patent ID: 8369758

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier that is rotatably installed and carries an image on an outer circumferential surface of the image carrier; a transfer member that is rotatably installed facing the image carrier, and transfers the image carried on the image carrier onto a recording medium nipped between the transfer member and the image carrier; a leading-end holding member that holds a leading-end side of the recording medium, which is fed to the transfer member, in a transporting direction thereof, between the leading-end holding member and an outer circumferential surface of the transfer member, in such a way to restrict displacement of the recording medium in the transporting direction and to restrict movement of the recording medium in a direction away from the transfer member; and a rear-end holding member that holds a rear-end side of the recording medium held by the leading-end holding member, in the transporting direction thereof, between the rear-end holding member and the outer circumferential surface of the transfer member, such that it would not hinder displacement of the recording medium in the transporting direction and to restrict movement of the recording medium in the direction away from the transfer member.