A heating roller is constituted by an elastic roller AA in which an
elastic thermal insulation layer is formed, and an endless cylindrical
member BB in which a releasing layer is formed on a thin-film base
material (heat generating layer), wherein the elastic roller AA and the
cylindrical member BB are constituted such that they are separable, and
wherein a slight gap is formed between the elastic roller AA and the
cylindrical member BB. Then, when a fixing device is started up and the
heating roller is rotated, a deflection B1 of the cylindrical member BB
caused by the inner diameter difference between the cylindrical member BB
and the elastic roller AA is generated on the paper entry side.