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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2000
Tetsuya Sano, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Masao Umezawa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hideo Nanataki, Yokohama, JP;
Takao Kume, Mishima, JP;
Takashi Nomura, Numazu, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus has a first member; a second member slidable relative to the first member; a third member for forming a nip with the first member with the second member disposed therebetween, wherein a recording material carrying an image is nipped and red by the nip between the second member and the third member, a pressure control unit for controlling a pressure at the nip to set the pressure to a first pressure and a second pressure which is higher than the first pressure, wherein when the second member starts moving upon start of image heating operation, the control unit sets the pressure to the first pressure and then to the second pressure.