Patent ID: 8326200
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing member that fixes a toner image on a recording medium; a fixing pressure member that forms, between the fixing member and the fixing pressure member, a fixing pressure portion for the recording medium holding an unfixed toner image to pass through, by being brought into pressure contact with an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member; a drive unit that rotates the fixing pressure member by rotating the fixing member; and a lubricant adjusting member that comes into contact with an inner circumferential surface of a belt member, at least any one of the fixing member and the fixing pressure member being the belt member, wherein the lubricant adjusting member is separated from the inner circumferential surface of the belt member, at least while the recording medium and the belt member are in contact with each other and while the belt member is rotated, and the lubricant adjusting member is separated from the inner circumferential surface of the belt member while rotation of the belt member is stopped.