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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fixing device capable of separating an object to be transferred and improving durability, and to provide an image forming apparatus provided with the same. SOLUTION: The fixing device 4 has: a heating belt 6; a pressure roller 5 in rotation-contact with the outer peripheral face of the heating belt 6; a pad 7 having a nip formation part 71, forming a nip N between the heating belt 6 and the pressure roller 5 by being provided so as to be slid on the inner peripheral face 6a of the heating belt 6 and sandwiching the heating belt 6 in cooperation with the pressure roller 5, and a separation guide part 72 provided adjacently; and a switching mechanism 20 for switching to a state where the heating belt 6 is slid on the separation guide part 72 and another state where it is not slid by being brought into contact with the heating belt 6 from the outer peripheral face. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
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