Patent ID: 6839525

Claim:
A fixing apparatus comprising: a fixing roller; a heating roller separated from and arranged opposite to the fixing roller; a heat transfer device held by the heating roller and the fixing roller so as to move round and transfer heat from the heating roller to the fixing roller; a pressurizing roller held in contact with the fixing roller under pressure by way of the heat transfer device so as to heat an object of fixation by means of the fixing roller and fix the object by putting pressure on it; a releasing device which releases the object of fixation adhering to the heat transfer device from the heat transfer device during the fixing process; and a guide device which guides the object of fixation along the heat transfer device and causes the object to stick to and be conveyed by the heat transfer device without being released by the releasing device along the heat transfer device so as to release the object of fixation at a position where the heat transfer device is held by the heating roller with a small radius of curvature.