Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of image bearing members for bearing respective color images, and
• a transfer material bearing member for bearing and conveying a transfer material, wherein
• at transfer positions where said image bearing members are contacted with said transfer material bearing member, the images on said image bearing members are successively transferred electrostatically onto the transfer material born on said transfer material bearing member in a superimposed fashion, and wherein
• first, second and third image bearing members are provided in order along a conveying direction of the transfer material given by said transfer material bearing member, and, a second transfer position where said second image bearing member and said transfer material bearing member are contacted with each other is positioned on a side, on which said transfer material bearing member is provided, of a line connecting between a first transfer position where said first image bearing member and said transfer material bearing member are contacted with each other and a third transfer position where said third image bearing member and said transfer material bearing member are contacted with each other.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image bearing member for bearing an image;
• an intermediate transfer member which can convey an image, wherein
• at a transfer position where said image bearing member is contacted with said intermediate transfer member, the image on said image bearing member is transferred onto said intermediate transfer member;
• a first rotating member for supporting said intermediate transfer member most upstream in a conveying direction of the image conveyed by said intermediate transfer [bearing] member;
• and
• a second rotating member for supporting said intermediate transfer member most downstream in the conveying direction, wherein
• a common tangent of said first rotating member and said second rotating member on an image bearing member side is positioned to be offset from and on the image bearing side of the transfer position.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of image bearing members for bearing respective color images, and
• an intermediate transfer member, wherein
• at transfer positions where said image bearing members are contacted with said intermediate transfer member, the images on said image bearing members are successively transferred electrostatically onto said intermediate transfer member in a superimposed fashion, and wherein
• first, second and third image bearing members are provided in order along an image conveying direction given by said intermediate transfer member, and, a second transfer position where said second image bearing member and said intermediate transfer member are contacted with each other is positioned on a side, on which said intermediate transfer member is provided, of a line connecting between a first transfer position where said first image bearing member and said intermediate transfer are contacted with each other and a third transfer position where said third image bearing member and said intermediate transfer member are contacted with each other.