Fixing device and image forming apparatus

A fixing device comprising:

• a fixing member that transports a recording medium on which a toner image has been transferred to fix the toner image to the recording medium;
• an endless belt member that rotates with a front surface of the belt member contacting the fixing member;
• a guide member that guides the belt member to a contact portion at which the belt member and the fixing member contact each other;
• a plurality of rotational-direction projections formed on a guide surface of the guide member facing a back surface of the belt member and disposed at intervals in a rotational axis direction of the belt member, the rotational-direction projections extending in a rotational direction of the belt member and projecting toward the back surface of the belt member;
• and
• a plurality of intersecting-direction projections formed on the guide surface, the intersecting-direction projections extending along an intersecting direction that intersect the rotational-direction projections and projecting toward the back surface of the belt member, wherein the rotational-direction projections and the intersecting-direction projections form a plurality of rectangular portions along the rotational direction,
• wherein the rotational-direction projections and the intersecting-direction projection contact withy the endless belt member.