Patent ID: 9063480
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing belt that is rotatable and endless; a belt holding member holding the fixing belt at each end part in an axial direction thereof; a heat source heating the fixing belt; a nip forming member provided inside the fixing belt; an opposing rotator forming a nip portion between the opposing rotator and the fixing belt by abutting onto the nip forming member via the fixing belt; and a separating member that extends near the nip portion and separates a recording medium from a surface of the fixing belt, wherein: a leading end of the separating member is provided with the approaching portion is nearer to the nip portion along an extending direction of the separating member than the receding portion is provided; wherein the receding portion is more receding closer to a center of the separating member in the axial direction.