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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Morihara, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Suzumi, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoo Akizuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Tatsuya Kinukawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeharu Nakada, Utsunomiya, JP;
Akihito Kanamori, Yokohama, JP;
Yusuke Nakazono, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Kubo, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus includes a tubular film, an elongate plate-like heater including a first surface in contact with an inner surface of the film and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the heater being in contact with the inner surface of the film with the second surface, a heat conducting member that is long along the length of the heater and is in contact with the second surface of the heater, and a support member capable of rotating the film while supporting the heater, with the heat conducting member therebetween. The heat conducting member includes an extending portion extending, outside an upstream end of the heater in a rotational direction of the film, in a direction from the second surface of the heater toward the first surface. The extending portion includes a contact portion protruding from the first surface of the heater toward the film into contact therewith.