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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kensaku Kusaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219216 ; 219528 ; 399329 ;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes a heater, the heater including a base material and a heat generating element on the base material; a film contacting the heater at one surface carrying a toner image at the other surface; wherein the toner image on the recording material is heated by heat from the heater through the film, wherein the base material of the heater is of an elastic material.