Image forming apparatus

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable cylinder; a rotational member rotatable integrally with the cylinder; an annular circumferential rotation member that is wound around the rotational member, and configured to circumferentially rotate along with rotation of the rotational member; a holding member that is mounted on the circumferential rotation member, and configured to rotate along with the circumferential rotation member and hold a front end of a recording medium; a recess provided in an outer circumference of the cylinder, and configured to store the holding member; a cleaning member that is to come into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder to clean the outer circumferential surface; and a controller that, in a pause period of image formation, controls rotation of the cylinder so that the cleaning member is located at a position of the recess in a rotation direction of the cylinder.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.