Patent ID: 9454118
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fixing apparatus, comprising: a fixing roller including a rubber layer; a first unit configured to be brought into contact with a surface of the fixing roller so as to heat the fixing roller; a second unit configured to form a fixing nip portion with the fixing roller, for pinching and conveying a recording material bearing an image, wherein the image on the recording material is fixed onto the recording material through heating at the fixing nip portion; a first regulation part configured to regulate a distance between a shaft of the fixing roller and the first unit to prevent the distance from decreasing, by a pressure applied to a contact region between the fixing roller and the first unit during a fixing processing for the image; and a second regulation part configured to regulate a distance between the shaft of the fixing roller and the second unit to prevent the distance from decreasing, by a pressure applied to the fixing nip portion during the fixing processing, wherein the first regulation part and the second regulation part are provided in a single component, the single component being slidable in a direction parallel to a pressure applying direction for forming the fixing nip portion at the shaft of the fixing roller.