Patent ID: 7260350

Claim:
An apparatus for forming an image, comprising: an image forming section to form a toner image; an image bearing member to bear said toner image formed by said image forming section; an intermediate transfer member shaped in a belt, a part of which is supported in a state of a flat plane by supporting members; a primary transferring device to transfer said toner image formed on said image bearing member onto said intermediate transfer member; a secondary transferring device to transfer said toner image residing on said intermediate transfer member onto a transfer material; a scorotron discharging device that is disposed at an upstream side of said secondary transferring device in a moving direction of said intermediate transfer member, where said part of said intermediate transfer member is supported in said state of said flat plane, and includes a discharging electrode and a grid to discharge said toner image residing on said intermediate transfer member; and a conductive brush that opposes to said scorotron discharging device and contacts a rear surface of said intermediate transfer member.