Transfer apparatus

A transfer apparatus for heating a card-shaped recording medium and a transfer film with a transfer member and a transfer platen to bring into press-contact and transferring an image to the recording medium, comprising:

• a transfer film transport member that transports the transfer film;
• recording medium transport members respectively disposed upstream and downstream of the transfer member in a transport direction of the recording medium in transfer processing;
• a peeling member that comes into contact with a transfer surface of the recording medium via the transfer film downstream of the transfer member to peel off the transfer film from the recording medium;
• a support member that supports the transfer surface of the recording medium, from which the transfer film is peeled off, downstream of the peeling member;
• and
• a bracket that supports the peeling member and the support member,
• wherein a recording medium contact point of the peeling member is set in the same position as a first tangent passing through a recording medium contact point of the transfer member and a contact point with the transfer surface of the recording medium of a transport member disposed downstream of the transfer member, or on the transfer platen side relative to the first tangent, and a recording medium contact point of the support member is set in the same position as a second tangent passing through the recording medium contact point of the transfer member and the recording medium contact point of the peeling member or on the transfer platen side relative to the second tangent.