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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a sheet material separating device capable of preventing the damage of a fixing roller, and to obtain an image forming apparatus that is equipped with the sheet material separating device. SOLUTION: A stiff sheet material P conveyed from the fixing roller 38A, while the tip part thereof is floating on the surface of the fixing roller 38A is separated by a separation guide 66 from the fixing roller 38A, and is then conveyed upward. That is, the sheet material P such as a stiff cardboard, with a floating tip part, is separated from the fixing roller 38A by the separation guide 66, arranged leaving a gap from the fixing roller 38A, consequently, the tip part floating on the fixing roller 38A of the sheet material P does not collide with a separation claw 64. Even if the tip part, floating on the fixing roller 38A of the sheet material P, collides with the separation guide 66, vibration resulting from the collision force will not reach the surface of the fixing roller 38A, by arranging the gap between the fixing roller 38A and the separation guide 66. In this way, damage to the fixing roller 38A can be prevented. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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