Patent ID: 8233831

Claim:
A fixing device, comprising: a fixing section adapted to rotate around an axial line thereof, and heat toner in an unfixed toner image on a recording material to fuse the toner on the recording material; a pressure section adapted to rotate and form a pressure-contact section between the pressure section and the fixing section by pressure-contact to the fixing section and apply pressure to the recording material bearing the unfixed toner image transported to the pressure-contact section to fix the toner on the recording material in cooperation with the fixing section; and an external heating section having a plurality of supporting rollers and a belt supported around the plurality of supporting rollers with tension so as to be rotatable, the belt being disposed so as to contact a circumferential surface of the fixing section from an outside to heat the circumferential surface; and a cleaning section adapted to contact the belt, and scrape contamination on a surface of the belt to thereby clean the surface; and a vibration applying section adapted to apply vibration to a scraper of the cleaning section by rotation of a cam.