| 摘要 |
A fixing device has a frame, a heating roller, a press roller, a peeler, a guide member, a first bias unit, and a wheel. The heating roller is provided to the frame to produce heat, the heating roller having a roller rotation axis and a cylindrical surface. The press roller is pressed against the cylindrical surface to feed a recording medium together with the heating roller along a feeding path. The peeler is provided to the frame having a peeling surface having a leading edge. The leading edge faces the cylindrical surface to peel off the recording medium on the cylindrical surface. The peeling surface faces the feeding path. The guide member is positioned facing the peeling surface to guide the recording medium which has passed through between the heating roller and the press roller to downstream of the feeding path. The guide member is movable between a near position and a far position, the near position being closer to the peeling surface than the far position. The first bias unit biases the guide member to the near position. The wheel is supported to the frame and having a wheel rotation axis and a circumferential edge. The wheel rotation axis is parallel to the roller rotation axis. The wheel is positioned in a manner that a part of the circumferential edge protrudes from the peeling surface to the guiding member in a virtual plane perpendicular to the wheel rotation axis.
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