Patent ID: 6904257

Claim:
An image forming device comprising: a fixing unit including two fixing members disposed in pressable confrontation with each other, the fixing unit fixing images onto a recording medium sandwiched between the fixing members; a pressing force adjusting mechanism that adjusts pressing force applied between the fixing members, wherein the pressing force adjusting mechanism includes: a first urging unit that urges the fixing members to press against each other; a second urging unit including a first resilient member that produces an urging force that reduces the pressing force between the fixing members against an urging force of the first urging unit, the second urging unit being switchable between an operating mode wherein the urging force of the first resilient member operates to reduce the pressing force between the fixing members and a non-operating mode wherein the urging force of the first resilient member does not operate to reduce the pressing force between the fixing members; a casing; and a first cover that is disposed to a side of the casing and movable between an opened-up condition and a closed condition, the first cover in the opened-up condition enabling the recording medium to be linearly transported from the fixing unit out of the casing, the first cover switching the second urging unit from the operating mode to the non-operating mode when the first cover closes from the opened-up condition.