Fixing device and image forming apparatus provided with same

A fixing device,

• wherein a rotation member and a roller are caused to rotate pressing against each other, a recording paper is sandwiched and transported in a nip region between the rotation member and the roller, a leading edge of a peeling plate is positioned with respect to a peripheral surface of the rotation member, the peeling plate is provided apart from the rotation member, and the recording paper is separated from the rotation member by the peeling plate,
• a surface of the peeling plate faces a transport route of the recording paper, and
• a contact member is provided that contacts a rear surface of the peeling plate displaced in a direction in which the leading edge of the peeling plate approaches the peripheral surface of the rotation member and prohibits displacement of the peeling plate after contact of the peeling plate to the contact member, wherein the contact member is a stopper which strikes against any recording paper that has passed through between the rotation member and the peeling plate.