In a fixing device which fixes toner image on a recording material while
using a nipping section which is formed between a fixing roller heated by
a heating section and a fixing belt which is formed to be endless and
rotated by the fixing roller, wherein the fixing device includes a
pressing section which presses the fixing belt from an inner surface of
the fixing belt against the fixing roller, a sliding member which is
mounted between the fixing belt and the pressing section via a lubricant,
and a supporting member which supports the inner peripheral surface of an
end section of the fixing belt with respect to an axial direction of the
fixing belt, wherein a predetermined clearance is provided between the
sliding member and the supporting member with respect to the axial
direction of the fixing belt.