Patent ID: 7702271

Claim:
A fixing device for fixing a toner image, comprising: a fixing member configured to fix the toner image on a recording material upon application of heat and pressure thereto; a first cleaning member configured to clean a surface of the fixing member; a pressing member configured to press the recording material toward the fixing member, the pressing member having a relatively lower temperature than the fixing member; a second cleaning member configured to clean and collect toner from a surface of the pressing member while contacting the pressing member, wherein the second cleaning member has an outermost layer contacting the pressing member; and a supplying member configured to supply a viscoelasticity increasing material to a surface of the pressing member, wherein the viscoelasticity increasing material is transferred from the pressing member to an outermost layer of the second cleaning member so that the outermost layer of the second cleaning member including the viscoelasticity increasing material increases viscoelasticity of a binder resin included in the collected toner by reacting with the binder resin, wherein the outermost layer of the second cleaning member includes a metal compound.