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

A fixing device comprising:

• a rotary body;
• a peeler rotatable about a support shaft and comprising an edge portion capable of contacting a surface of said rotary body, said edge portion including a guide surface opposite to a surface that faces said rotary body;
• first biasing means for constantly exerting on said peeler a force that tends to cause said edge portion to contact said rotary body about said support shaft;
• guide means for guiding said support shaft between a contact position where said edge portion contacts said rotary body and a non-contact position where said edge portion is released from said rotary body;
• second biasing means for constantly biasing said support shaft toward the contact position;
• a guide member including a guide surface that becomes substantially flush with said guide surface of said edge portion when said peeler is moved from the contact position toward the non-contact position against the action of said second biasing means,
• stop means for causing a surface of said edge portion facing said rotary body to contact said stop means, thereby causing said peeler to rotate about said support shaft away from said rotary body against an action of said first biasing means.

In an image forming apparatus comprising a fixing device, said fixing device comprising:

• a rotary body;
• a peeler rotatable about a support shaft and comprising an edge portion capable of contacting a surface of said rotary body, said edge portion including a guide surface opposite to a surface that faces said rotary body;
• first biasing means for constantly exerting on said peeler a force that tends to cause said edge portion to contact said rotary body about said support shaft;
• guide means for guiding said support shaft between a contact position where said edge portion contacts said rotary body and a non-contact position where said edge portion is released from said rotary body;
• second biasing means for constantly biasing said support shaft toward the contact position;
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• a guide member including a guide surface that becomes substantially flush with said guide surface of said edge portion when said peeler is moved from the contact position toward the non-contact position against the action of said second biasing means.

In an image forming apparatus comprising a fixing device, said fixing device comprising:

• a rotary body;
• a peeler rotatable about a support shaft and comprising an edge portion capable of contacting a surface of said rotary body, said edge portion including a guide surface opposite to a surface that faces said rotary body;
• first biasing means for constantly exerting on said peeler a force that tends to cause said edge portion to contact said rotary body about said support shaft;
• guide means for guiding said support shaft between a contact position where said edge portion contacts said rotary body and a non-contact position where said edge portion is released from said rotary body;
• second biasing-means for constantly biasing said support shaft toward the contact position;
• a guide member including a guide surface that becomes substantially flush with said guide surface of said edge portion when said peeler is moved from the contact position toward the non-contact position against the action of said second biasing means;
• and
• stop means for causing a surface of said edge portion facing said rotary body to contact said stop means, thereby causing said peeler to rotate about said support shaft away from said rotary body against an action of said first biasing means.

A fixing device comprising:

• a rotary body;
• a peeler rotatable about a support shaft and comprising an edge portion capable of contacting a surface of said rotary body, said edge portion including a guide surface opposite to a surface that faces said rotary body;
• first biasing means for constantly exerting on said peeler a force that tends to cause said edge portion to contact said rotary body about said support shaft;
• guide means for guiding said support shaft between a contact position where said edge portion contacts said rotary body and a non-contact position where said edge portion is released from said rotary body;
• second biasing means for constantly biasing said support shaft toward the contact position;
• and
• stop means for causing, when said peeler is moved from said contact position toward said non-contact position against an action of said second biasing means, said peeler to rotate about said support shaft away from said rotary body against an action of said first biasing means.

In an image forming apparatus comprising a fixing device, said fixing device comprising:

• a rotary body;
• a peeler rotatable about a support shaft and comprising an edge portion capable of contacting a surface of said rotary body, said edge portion including a guide surface opposite to a surface that faces said rotary body;
• first biasing means for constantly exerting on said peeler a force that tends to cause said edge portion to contact said rotary body about said support shaft;
• guide means for guiding said support shaft between a contact position where said edge portion contacts said rotary body and a non-contact position where said edge portion is released from said rotary body;
• second biasing means for constantly biasing said support shaft toward the contact position;
• and
• stop means for causing, when said peeler is moved from said contact position toward said non-contact position against an action of said second biasing means, said peeler to rotate about said support shaft away from said rotary body against an action of said first biasing means.