Patent ID: 8391743

Claim:
A fixing device to fix a toner image on a sheet of recording media, the fixing device comprising: a fixing rotary member that heats the toner image on the sheet of the recording media; a pressure rotary member, pressed against the fixing rotary member, that forms a fixing nip therebetween through which the sheet passes; a conveyance guide member upstream of the fixing nip in a conveyance direction of the sheet, the conveyance guide member including, a guide surface that supports the sheet prior to the fixing nip, an end of the guide surface, the end facing the fixing nip, and a rotary axis parallel to an axial direction of the pressure rotary member; a driving mechanism to turn the conveyance guide member about the rotary axis; a scraper at an opposite side of the conveyance direction of the sheet with respect to the conveyance guide member, wherein the scraper contacts the end of the conveyance guide member, when the conveyance guide member turns about the rotary axis of the guide member.