Patent ID: 7613421

Claim:
A fixing device, comprising: a fixing roller for fixing a toner image transferred onto a sheet and conveying the sheet along a specified conveyance path, and a separating mechanism for separating the sheet from the fixing roller, the separating mechanism including a claw member having a tip portion in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the fixing roller to separate the sheet from the fixing roller, a holder member for holding the claw member, and a rotary member rotatably held in the holder member at a position downstream of the tip portion of the claw member with respect to the conveyance path and adapted to guide the sheet separated from the fixing roller to a downstream side along the conveyance path while being rotated, the holder member having a guiding portion for guiding the sheet to the rotary member on the conveyance path between the tip portion of the claw member and the rotary member, wherein the holder member includes a first holder member and a second holder member so arranged as to rotatably sandwich the rotary member therebetween, the guiding portion being formed on each of the first holder member and the second holder member.