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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Imaizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Akamatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating device comprising: a first rotating member, a heater, a heater holder, and a second rotating member, wherein the heater holder has a flat surface portion provided downstream of the heater in a conveying direction of a recording material, the flat surface portion being in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the first rotating member, wherein the flat surface portion has a first region and a second region in a longitudinal direction, wherein the first region includes a region corresponding to a region of a nip portion through which a central portion of the recording material passes, and the second region is a region on an end portion side from the first region in the longitudinal direction, and wherein in the conveying direction, the downstream end portion of the second region is located upstream of the downstream end portion of the first region.