Patent ID: 8725046

Claim:
A transfer device comprising: a transfer body around whose outer circumferential surface a recording medium is wrapped, the transfer body transporting the recording medium to a transfer position, at which the transfer body faces an image carrier on whose surface toner images are sequentially formed while the image carrier rotates, a plurality of times in order to sequentially transfer the toner images formed on the surface of the image carrier to the recording medium; a leading-end gripping member that is disposed at a recess formed in the outer circumferential surface of the transfer body, the leading-end gripping member gripping a leading-end portion of the recording medium when causing the recording medium to be wrapped around the transfer body, the leading-end gripping member releasing the leading-end portion of the recording medium when causing the recording medium that has been wrapped around the transfer body to become separated from the transfer body; and a moving member that moves, after a final toner image starts being transferred to the recording medium but before the leading-end gripping member releases the leading-end portion of the recording medium, the leading-end gripping member while the leading-end gripping member grips the leading-end portion of the recording medium in order to cause a leading-end side of the recording medium to become separated from the outer circumferential surface of the transfer body.