Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus that incorporates the fixing apparatus

摘要

A fixing apparatus includes a fixing member, a guiding member, and spacers. The fixing member is heated while rotating. The fixing member is in pressure contact with a recording medium that is advancing so that the developer deposited on the recording medium is fused. The guiding member extends across a path of the recording medium so that a predetermined amount of gap is defined between the guiding member and the fixing member. The guiding member guides the recording medium to separate from the fixing member. The spacers are disposed at longitudinal end portions of the guiding member outside of the path between the fixing member and the guiding member to define the predetermined amount of gap. The spacers are movable in a direction at an angle with a surface of the recording medium. The urging member urges the spacers against the fixing member.