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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. 06, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image heating apparatus that has a movable member, a guide member for guiding a movement of the movable member, and a back up member for forming a nip portion with the guide member via the movable member, wherein a recording material bearing an image at said nip portion is pinched and conveyed, the image on the recording material is heated by a heat from the movable member side, and wherein the guide member has a recess portion in a guide portion different from the nip portion.