Patent ID: 8150287

Claim:
An image forming apparatus configured to form a developer image on a recording sheet, comprising: a fixing unit configured to fix the developer image onto the recording sheet by heat, the fixing unit including a pressure roller, a heat roller, and a drive gear fixed to a shaft of the pressure roller, the pressure roller being configured to rotate in response to power from the drive gear, and the pressure roller being configured to contact a peripheral surface of the heat roller and to transmit the power to the peripheral surface of the heat roller such that the heat roller rotates; an ejection roller configured to eject the recording sheet conveyed from the fixing unit from the image forming apparatus; and a power transmission member configured to transmit the power from the heat roller to the ejection roller such that the ejection roller rotates, the power transmission member including a first gear fixed to a shaft of the heat roller, wherein the drive gear is spaced apart from the first gear.