Patent ID: 7953349

Claim:
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a paper sheet, comprising: an image forming section for forming a toner image; and a fixing apparatus which fixes the toner image transferred onto the paper sheet, the fixing apparatus comprising: a fixing roller including a heater and an elastic layer on an external circumference surface thereof; a fixing belt driven by the fixing roller; a pressuring member which forms a nip portion for fixing the toner image on the paper sheet between the fixing roller and the fixing belt by making the fixing belt press the fixing roller from an inner circumference surface side of the fixing belt and; a separating member arranged in a downstream side of the pressuring member in a conveyance direction of the paper sheet, and arranged to press the fixing belt from the inner circumference surface side so as to cause elastic deformation of the elastic layer of the fixing roller; a plurality of pressing members provided in a longitudinal direction of the separating member, the pressing members pressing an edge of the separating member in a pressing direction in which the fixing belt is pressed and changing a position of the separating member relative to the fixing roller; and a plurality of adjusting members provided in a longitudinal direction of the separating member, and located at locations respectively corresponding to the pressing members, the adjusting members respectively adjusting positions of the pressing members, wherein at least one of the separating member and each pressing member has a slant surface, which is originally formed, at a position where the separating member and the pressing member contact each other.