Patent ID: 7295801

Claim:
A transfer sheet conveyance and guide mechanism of an image forming device, the image forming device comprising an image carrying member having a surface on which an electrostatic latent image is formed and a transfer member that is disposed opposite to the image carrying member so as to form a transfer nip with the image carrying member and to which a bias voltage is applied, the transfer sheet conveyance and guide mechanism comprising: a first pre-transfer guide plate being configured to guide a transfer sheet to the transfer nip, the first pre-transfer guide plate being provided on the transfer member side upstream of the transfer nip in a transfer sheet conveying direction; and a second pre-transfer guide plate being provided opposite to the first pre-transfer guide plate to guide the transfer sheet to the transfer nip, the second pre-transfer guide plate being provided on the image carrying member side upstream of the transfer nip in the transfer sheet conveying direction, the first pre-transfer guide plate being provided with a first contact portion protruding toward the second pre-transfer guide plate, and the second pre-transfer guide plate being provided with a first semiconductor member contacting the first contact portion.