Patent ID: 8064814
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising a fixing apparatus that fixes an unfixed toner image on a recording material on which the unfixed toner image has been transferred, said fixing apparatus comprising: a fixing roller; a pressure member for applying pressure against the fixing roller, wherein the recording material is passed through a nip between the fixing roller and the pressure member to fix the unfixed toner image on the recording material; an endless belt which is rotatably supported and heats the fixing roller by being in contact with a surface of the fixing roller; and heating means for heating the endless belt, said fixing apparatus further comprising; a cleaning member for removing dirt adhered to a surface of the endless belt by being in contact with the surface of the endless belt in a region where the endless belt is not supported, wherein: the cleaning member is a scraper including a plate member having an edge being in contact with the surface of the endless belt so that the dirt adhered to the surface of the endless belt is removed, and the scraper includes: a bending portion at which the plate member is bent; a cleaning section which is a part of the plate member from the edge to the bending portion; a supporting section which is a part of the plate member from the bending portion to another edge of the plate member, the supporting section being fixed to a housing of the fixing apparatus, and the scraper having, at the bending portion, an opening which cuts in the plate member in a direction intersecting a straight line made by the bending portion.