Patent ID: 8886089

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming device including an image holding member, a developer image developed with a developer being formed on the image holding member; an intermediate transfer belt to whose outer surface the developer image formed on the image holding member of the image forming device is transferred, and that holds the developer image, after which the intermediate transfer belt rotates so as to transport the developer image to a second transfer section where the developer image is transferred to a recording material, the intermediate transfer belt including a belt base material in which a resin particle formed of polytetrafluoroethylene is dispersed; a cleaning device including a plate member, the cleaning device configured to perform a cleaning operation by at least contacting the plate member with a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt that has passed the second transfer section; and a collecting member that is disposed in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt, the collecting member being configured to remove and hold the resin particle existing at the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt by causing a speed of the intermediate transfer belt and a speed of the collecting member to differ from each other.