Patent ID: 8175510

Claim:
A fixing device comprising: (a) a fixing member that touches an unfixed toner image formed on a sheet; (b) a pressing member that causes the sheet to come in pressure contact with the fixing member; (c) a pressing belt that is interposed between the fixing member and pressing member to be rotated; (d) a lubricant coating member that coats lubricant on an inner surface of the pressing belt; (e) a pair of first blade members that each touch, through a counter method, an inner surface of both edge portions of the pressing belt in a width direction perpendicular to a rotating direction of the pressing belt, to scrape the lubricant; and (f) a first lubricant guide member that is arranged spreading from a tip of each of the first blade members to an inner side in the width direction, and receives the lubricant scraped by the first blade member, then guides the lubricant to the inner side in the width direction to return to the inner surface of the pressing belt.