Patent ID: 9026020
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing apparatus comprising: a fixing device configured to fix a toner image on a sheet at a nip; and a guiding member configured to guide the sheet toward the nip, wherein said guiding member comprises: an electroconductive metal plate which is electrically grounded; and an insulating resin member, provided to cover a part of said metal plate, slidable with the sheet, and wherein said resin member comprises: a plurality of openings, provided at different positions with respect to a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction, for permitting exposure of said metal plate along the sheet conveyance direction; and a flat portion, substantially free from a stepped portion, which is provided at a downstreammost portion with respect to the sheet conveyance direction and which is extended at least along the entire region in which said flat portion is slidable with the sheet in the direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction.