Patent ID: 7483662

Claim:
A fixing apparatus comprising: a heating roller and pressurizing roller that form a couple of rotation bodies, the heating roller and pressurizing roller melt and fix unfixed developer on a recording medium on which an image of the unfixed image is formed by passing the recording medium through a pressure-contact area formed by the heating roller and pressurizing roller; a first cleaning unit disposed so as to abut on a surface of the heating roller, for cleaning up developer adhering to the surface of the heating roller; and a second cleaning unit disposed so as to abut on a surface of the pressurizing roller, for cleaning up developer adhering to the surface of the pressurizing roller and also supplying oil for promoting releasability of the surface of the pressurizing roller, wherein the first cleaning unit has a belt-shaped cleaning member disposed so as to abut on the surface of the heating roller, for cleaning the surface of the heating roller; a pressure-contact roller disposed so as to press the cleaning member against the heating roller on which the cleaning member abuts; a feed-out roller for feeding out the cleaning member; and a take-up roller for taking up the cleaning member having been fed out from the feed-out roller and having cleaned the surface of the heating roller.