FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

To certainly recover, when a foreign substance accumulated on a pressure separation pawl falls out, the foreign substance with a cleaning unit.SOLUTION: A fixing device according to one aspect of the disclosed technology comprises: a fixing member that is heated by a heating unit; a pressure member that is arranged to be able to press at least part of the fixing member and forms a nip part between the fixing member and pressure member; a cleaning unit that is provided to be contactable/separable with respect to the pressure member; and a pressure separation pawl that is provided to be contactable/separable with respect to the pressure member. The pressure separation pawl contacts/separates from the pressure member at a timing linked to the contact/separation of the cleaning unit with respect to the pressure member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】加圧分離爪に溜まった異物が脱落した場合に、異物を清掃部で確実に回収する。【解決手段】開示の技術の一態様に係る定着装置は、加熱部により加熱される定着部材と、前記定着部材の少なくとも一部を押圧可能に配置され、前記定着部材との間にニップ部を形成する加圧部材と、前記加圧部材に対して接離可能に設けられた清掃部と、前記加圧部材に対して接離可能に設けられた加圧分離爪と、前記加圧分離爪は、前記清掃部の前記加圧部材に対する接離に連動したタイミングで前記加圧部材に対して接離する。【選択図】図２