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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tsunetoshi Nagata, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355285 ; 219216 ; 198810 ;
Abstract
An image fixing apparatus includes a heater; a rotatable endless film, wherein an unfixed image on a recording material is heated and fixed by heat from the heater through the endless film; a displaceable member made of heat resistive resin material displaceable in accordance with movement of the endless film in a direction perpendicular to movement of the endless film; detecting element for detecting the displaceable member, the detecting element detecting the displaceable member to detect a lateral shift of the endless film.