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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 15/2007 (2013.01); G03G 15/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable belt, a driving source, a heating portion, a heat shielding member, a shielding member moving mechanism, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the moving mechanism so that the shielding member is in a shielding position and rotation of the belt is at rest in a stand-by state in which the image heating apparatus waits for input of an image forming signal for forming the image.