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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Wakatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuguhiro Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Doda, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing unit includes a film, a nip forming member, a heating unit, a rotary member arranged to sandwich the film together with the nip forming member, and an end portion regulating member configured to be in sliding contact with the film and to regulate an end portion of the film in the longitudinal direction. The end portion regulating member includes a first surface facing an inner surface of the film, a second surface facing an end face of the film in the longitudinal direction, and a third surface facing an outer surface of the film and configured to regulate the end portion of the film from deforming in a manner separating from the first surface. An entirety of the third surface is disposed on an upstream side of a center position of the nip portion in a conveyance direction of the recording material in the nip portion.