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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasumasa Ohtsuka, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355285 ; 219216 ; 219619 ; 219635 ; 219652 ;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes a movable member having an electrically conductive layer and movable with a recording material; an excitation coil for producing magnetic flux, which produces eddy current in said movable member to generate heat therein, and wherein an image on said recording material is heated by heat of said movable member; wherein said movable member has a low thermal conductivity material at a side nearer to said excitation coil than the conductive layer.