Patent ID: 8204419

Claim:
A fixing device comprising: a fixing-side rotating member and a pressure-side rotating member which come into contact with each other to convey a recording material while fixing toner on the recording material; an electromagnetic induction heating section for performing induction heating of the fixing-side rotating member; and a soaking member which comes into contact with at least one of the fixing-side rotating member and the pressure-side rotating member, wherein the electromagnetic induction heating section has an annular exciting coil extending in a width direction of the fixing-side rotating member, the exciting coil has both end sections in the width direction of the fixing-side rotating member, a portion on each inner surface of both the end sections, which is positioned on an outermost side in the width direction, is identical with an edge of a passing area of a maximum-size recording material which passes through between the fixing-side rotating member and the pressure-side rotating member, or is positioned within the edge of the passing area in the width direction, and the soaking member extends to farther outside of the passing area of the maximum-size recording material in the width direction.