Image forming apparatus and charge eliminating device

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• a toner image forming unit that forms a toner image;
• a transfer unit that transfers the toner image formed by the toner image forming unit onto a recording material;
• a fixing unit that fixes the toner image transferred by the transfer unit to the recording material;
• a transport unit that includes a rotary member that transports the recording material from the transfer unit to the fixing unit and a recording material guiding portion that has first protruding portions extending along a recording material transport direction;
• and
• a charge eliminating unit that is disposed between the transfer unit and the transport unit and eliminates charge on the recording material,
• wherein the charge eliminating unit includes
• a first charge eliminating portion that has pointed projections, and
• a second charge eliminating portion that is disposed on a downstream side of the first charge eliminating portion in the recording material transport direction and is disposed so as to be out of contact with the recording material.