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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ken Murooka, Kita soma-gun, JP;
Nobukazu Adachi, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Hayakawa, Abiko, JP;
Takeshi Niimura, Abiko, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/00 ;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus that has an elongated heater, a film having a surface which moves while in contact with a recording material bearing an image, wherein the image on the recording material is heated by heat emitted from the heater via the film. The heater has a substrate made of metal and the substrate has a convex portion in a longitudinal direction of the heater.