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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1997
Yasumasa Ohtsuka, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating device includes a heater; a film having a surface in slidable contact with said heater and an opposite surface contactable to a recording material carrying an image; wherein the image on the recording material is heated by heat from said heater through said film; wherein said heater includes an elongated base material, a plurality of resistor extended in a longitudinal direction on said base material, and a temperature detecting element provided on said base material: wherein a resistance of a first portion of said resistor which is opposed to said temperature detecting element in the longitudinal direction of said resistor, has a resistance value higher than that in said second portion.