Fixing device with a peeler and image forming apparatus including the same

摘要

A fixing device includes a rotary body (30) and a peeler (50) rotatable about a support shaft (61) and including an edge portion (51) capable of contacting the surface of the rotary body (30). The edge portion (51) includes a guide surface (62) opposite to a surface that faces the rotary body. A first biasing device (54) exerts on the peeler a force that tends to cause the edge portion to contact the rotary body about the support shaft. A guide (62) guides the support shaft (61) between a contact position where the edge portion (51) contacts the rotary body and a non-contact position where the former is released from the latter. A second biasing device (64) biases the support shaft toward the contact position. A guide member (65) includes a guide surface that becomes substantially flush with the guide surface of the edge portion when the peeler is moved from the contact position toward the non-contact position against the action of the second biasing means.