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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Atsuyoshi Abe, Susono, JP;
Hitoshi Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaaki Takahashi, Asaka, JP;
Masahiro Suzuki, Numazu, JP;
Tatsuro Hayakawa, Numazu, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image heating apparatus which has a supporting member, a moving member slidable with the supporting member, and a backup member forming a nip with the supporting member via the moving member, wherein a lubricant is provided between the supporting member and the moving member, and at the nip, an image on a recording material is heated by heat from the moving member, and wherein the supporting member includes a plurality of recess portions in a surface thereof adjacent to the moving member, a width of one of the plurality of recess portions in a moving direction of the moving member is smaller than a width of the nip in that direction, and the plurality of recess portions are arranged in the moving direction of the moving member, and range over the whole of the nip in the moving direction of the moving member.