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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Osamu Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Hidekazu Maruta, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219216 ; 355285 ; 355207 ;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes a heating member; an endless belt for transferring the heat generated by the heating member to an image on a recording material; a driver for driving the endless belt; a driver controlling device for controlling the driver; a detector for detecting a position of the endless belt when the endless belt shifts out of a predetermined range; such that the driver controlling device interrupts driving operation of the driver in response to an output of the detector, and afterward, automatically restarts the driving operation of the driver.