Patent ID: 9141045
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing member configured to be rotatable and provided with a sheet passing region through which a recording medium is passed and a non-sheet passing region arranged outside the sheet passing region; a pressing member configured to come in pressure-contact with the fixing member to form a fixing nip; and a separating member configured to separate the recording medium passed through the fixing nip from the fixing member, the separating member including a separating plate facing the sheet passing region with an interval and a restricting piece configured to contact with the non-sheet passing region at a contacting portion and to restrict the interval between the sheet passing region and the separating plate, and provided with a curving surface on a region including the contacting portion with the non-sheet passing region, wherein the curving surface has a first curving area provided on a downstream side from the contacting portion in a rotating direction of the fixing member; and a second curving area provided on an upstream side from the contacting portion in the rotating direction of the fixing member and having a radius of curvature larger than that of the first curving area.