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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Taiya Hirayama, Moriya, JP;
Koji Takematsu, Abiko, JP;
Kenichi Tanaka, Ushiku, JP;
Takeshi Kozuma, Abiko, JP;
Atsushi Ishigami, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus including a rotatable heating member, a first motor configured to rotationally drive the rotatable heating member, a belt unit, a position detecting portion, a tilting mechanism, including a second motor for tilting the belt unit, a jam detecting portion, and a controller. When the occurrence of the jam is detected by the jam detecting portion during a tilting operation of the belt unit, the controller stops drive of the first motor and drive of the second motor in response to detection of the occurrence of the jam by the jam detecting portion.