FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device capable of preventing damage on the end of a belt caused by the end of the belt coming into slide contact with the edge on the inner diameter side of a protective member.SOLUTION: In a fixing device including a belt holding member 40 rotatably holding the end of a fixing belt 21 and a protective member 41 disposed between the belt holding member 40 and the end surface of the fixing belt 21 and protecting the end of the fixing belt 21, an inclined surface 410 inclined toward the opposite side to the fixing belt 21 side in the inner diameter direction is provided at the edge on the inner diameter side of an opposite surface 411 facing the end surface of the fixing belt 21 of the protective member 41.