Patent ID: 8634752

Claim:
A fixing device that fixes a toner image on a recording material in a nip portion formed by a heated fixing member and a pressing member that is kept in pressure contact with the fixing member, the fixing device comprises: (a) a first blowing section that blows air against a neighborhood of a leading edge of the recording material that has passed through the nip portion; and (b) a second blowing section that blows air against the recording material that has passed through the nip portion, wherein an air speed of air that is blown out of a first blowing outlet provided on the first blowing section is higher than an air speed of air blown out of a second blowing outlet provided on the second blowing section, wherein an air flow amount of the air blown out of the first blowing outlet is less than that of the air blown out of the second blowing outlet, wherein the first blowing section blows air compressed by a compressor and the second blowing section blows air sent by a fan, and wherein the first blowing outlet and the second blowing outlet are arranged at a same positional height next to one another along a rotational axis of the fixing member.