Patent ID: 8682237

Claim:
A fixing device comprising: an endless, flexible fixing member rotatably provided in the fixing device to heat a toner image thereon; a pressing member rotatably pressed against an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member to form a nip between the pressing member and the fixing member; a stationary member fixedly disposed at an inner circumferential surface side of the fixing member and pressed by the pressing member with the fixing member interposed therebetween; a reinforcement member pressed by the pressing member via the fixing member and the stationary member; flanges to restrict movement of the fixing member in a width direction of the fixing member; and a heater unit including a first heater and a second heater disposed at the inner circumferential surface side of the fixing member, the first heater having a main part at a center in an axial direction thereof; the second heater having main parts at ends in an axial direction thereof, wherein the first heater is disposed farther from the nip than the second heater.