Patent ID: 8682234

Claim:
A transfer device comprising: a first image holding body having a developer image formed thereon; a second image holding body that contacts with the first image holding body in a first contact area located on a first face of the second image holding body; a transfer member that contacts with the second image holding body in a second contact area located on a second face of the second image holding body, the first image holding body transferring the developer image to the second image holding body, the second contact area being on an opposed side of the second image holding body from the first contact area: the second contact area being located at a different position in a longitudinal direction of the second image holding body than the first contact area, the transfer member having a conductive surface layer that is rotatable around a first rotation axis, the conductive surface layer adapted to be elastically transformed, and the transfer member applying a voltage to transfer the developer image from the first image holding body to the second image holding body; an adjustment unit that adjusts the transfer member to reduce, along a direction of the first rotation axis, differences of a distance between the first contact area and the second contact area.