摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device that offers an excellent image without image stains even after a recording material is jammed at a fixing part. <P>SOLUTION: An post-fixing discharge unit 320 is movably provided between a proximity position where a separation sheet metal 321 is in the proximity of a fixing belt 220, and a retracted position where the separation sheet metal 321 retracts from the fixing belt 220. A felt member 403 that is a cleaning member cleans the rear face 321b side of the tip of the separation sheet metal 321 in accordance with the moving operation of the post-fixing discharge unit 320 between the proximity position and the retracted position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |