Patent ID: 8577260

Claim:
A fixing apparatus that fixes a toner image on a transfer object onto which the toner image is transferred, comprising: a heating rotator configured to be rotatable about a first rotational axis, having a peripheral surface that is heated by a heat source provided inside or outside of the heating rotator; a pressurizing rotator configured to be rotatable about a second rotational axis that is parallel to the first rotational axis, the pressurizing rotator forming a fixing nip in conjunction with the heating rotator; and a fixing housing configured to accommodate the heating rotator and the pressurizing rotator; wherein the heating rotator, the pressurizing rotator and the fixing housing form a fixing rotator unit, and the fixing rotator unit is configured to be withdrawable from an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus and to be such that the peripheral surface of the heating rotator is exposed when the fixing rotator unit is withdrawn from the apparatus main body, and wherein the fixing housing includes a feed guide constituting a part of a feed path above the heating rotator, the feed path feeding the transfer object that has passed through the fixing nip, and the feed guide is configured to be rotatable in a direction approaching the heating rotator through an operation performed by a user.