Fixing device and image forming apparatus

摘要

A fixing device includes: a unit that includes a fixing member and a pressure member contacting the fixing member to form a nip, and heats a medium with a toner image while conveying it with it nipped in the nip, fixing the toner image; a separating member that separates the medium from the fixing member; and a holder holding the separating member. The separating member includes: a separating guide portion that is disposed downstream of the nip in a conveying direction of the medium and faces the fixing member along a width direction of the fixing member, extends along the conveying direction, and separates the medium from the fixing member; and an extending portion that extends from a downstream edge in the conveying direction of the separating guide portion, and is bent with respect to the separating guide portion to separate from the medium downstream in the conveying direction.

主权项

1. A fixing device, comprising:
a fixing unit that includes a rotating fixing member and a pressure member that makes contact with the fixing member to form a nip portion between the fixing member and the pressure member, and that heats a recording medium on which a toner image is formed while conveying the recording medium with the recording medium nipped in the nip portion, thereby fixing the toner image to the recording medium; a plate-shaped separating member that separates, from the fixing member, the recording medium discharged from the nip portion, the separating member including:
a separating guide portion that is disposed downstream of the nip portion in a conveying direction in which the recording medium is conveyed in such a manner as to face the fixing member along a width direction of the fixing member perpendicular to the conveying direction, that extends along the conveying direction, and that separates the recording medium from the fixing member and guides the recording medium;a first extending portion that extends from a downstream edge of the separating guide portion in the conveying direction, and is bent with respect to the separating guide portion in such a manner as to separate from the recording medium as it extends downstream in the conveying direction; anda second extending portion that extends from the separating guide portion in the width direction flush with the separating guide portion, and extends downstream of the separating guide portion in the conveying direction in such a manner as to be adjacent to the first extending portion in the width direction; an abutting member that is disposed on the second extending portion and that abuts against the fixing member to form a gap between the separating guide portion and the fixing member; and a holder that holds the first extending portion and the second extending portion.