Patent ID: 8768229

Claim:
A fixing device comprising: a fixing rotary body rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation; a pressing rotary body rotatably contacting the fixing rotary body to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed; a heater disposed opposite at least one of the fixing rotary body and the pressing rotary body to heat the at least one of the fixing rotary body and the pressing rotary body; at least one separator separatably contacting an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotary body and including a pawl to contact and separate the recording medium discharged from the fixing nip from the fixing rotary body; at least one first rotary body rotatably supported by the at least one separator to contact and guide the recording medium separated by the pawl of the at least one separator in a recording medium conveyance direction; at least one second rotary body disposed downstream from the first rotary body in the recording medium conveyance direction to contact and guide the recording medium guided by the first rotary body in the recording medium conveyance direction; and at least one brush mounted on an outer circumferential surface of at least one of the first rotary body and the second rotary body.