Abstract: A fixing apparatus includes a fixing belt, a slide member, an opposing member, and a retaining member. The retaining member includes, in a groove portion, a bottom surface portion that is in contact with an opposite surface of the slide member from a slide surface, a side surface portion that is formed on a downstream side of the groove portion in a conveyance direction and intersecting the bottom surface portion, and a continuous portion that is formed between the bottom surface portion and the side surface portion. The slide member includes an abutment portion configured to abut against the side surface portion at a position downstream from a downstream edge of the opposite surface when the slide member is slidden against the fixing belt such that the downstream edge of the opposite surface is positioned upstream from the continuous portion in the conveyance direction.

Abstract: A moisture-permeable waterproof laminated fabric comprising a water-repellant base fabric and at least one porous film provided on one surface of the base fabric. The porous film is formed of a synthetic polymer composed chiefly of a polyamino acid urethane resin and has numerous fine pores provided by microcells which are continuous in the direction of its thickness. The laminated fabric has satisfactory waterproofness and moisture permeability as required for munition, survival and sport uses.