Patent ID: 9213276
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a recording material, comprising: an image forming portion configured to form the toner image on the recording material; a fixing portion configured to fix the toner image on the recording material; and a spacer, wherein said fixing portion includes a cylindrical film, a contacting member contacting an inner surface of said film and a roller, including a shaft portion and an elastic layer formed outside said shaft portion, forming a pressing portion together with said contacting member via said film, wherein an end surface of said film is positioned outside an end surface of said elastic layer of said roller with respect to a generatrix direction of said film, wherein said spacer occupies at least a part of an interspace between a virtual plane including the end surface of said film and the end surface of said elastic layer, and wherein said spacer does not contact an outer surface of said film.