Fixation device and image formation apparatus

Abstract

A fixation device according to an embodiment may include: an annular belt; flange members facing both ends of the annular belt, respectively, each including: a flange portion that regulates an end portion of the annular belt; and a support surface that supports an inner circumferential surface of the annular belt; a cleaning roller in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the annular belt; and an opposing member provided between the flange members and facing the cleaning roller with the annular belt therebetween in a region where the annular belt and the cleaning roller are in contact with each other. In a view along an axial direction of the cleaning roller, a first distance from an axial center of the cleaning roller to the opposing member is equal to or greater than a second distance from the axial center of the cleaning roller to the support surface.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.