Patent ID: 8750772

Claim:
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image bearing member that is capable of bearing a toner image; a belt that is movable in a moving direction, and which is configured to convey a recording material on which a toner image is transferred, or on which a toner image is directly transferred; a transfer device including a contact member that contacts the belt and a support member that supports the contact member; and a power supply that is capable of supplying a voltage to the transfer device, wherein the transfer device to which a voltage is applied transfers a toner image from the image bearing member, wherein the contact member does not move with respect to the belt in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the belt in a case where a toner image is transferred to the belt, and the contact member contacts the belt without rotating with respect to the support member while the belt moves, and wherein the contact member has a contact surface which includes at least one recess portion extending in a linear direction which is angled with respect to the moving direction of the belt.