Patent ID: 8824927
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A fixing device comprising: a heating rotating body that heats a developer image formed on a recording medium; a pressurizing rotating body that pressurizes the recording medium by nipping the recording medium between the pressurizing rotating body and the heating rotating body; a pair of support plates that rotatably support both ends of one of the pressurizing rotating body and the heating rotating body, the pair of support plates having a thickness direction corresponding to an axial direction of the pressurizing rotating body; and a release member including a contact portion disposed at sides of the pair of support plates to hold the pair of support plates from both sides in the thickness direction, and an operating portion on which an external force acts, wherein, in response to the external force acting on the operating portion, the release member is configured to release pressing of the one of the pressurizing rotating body and the heating rotating body against the other of the pressurizing rotating body and the heating rotating body by moving the pair of support plates in a direction away from the other of the pressurizing rotating body and the heating rotating body.