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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2002
Applicants:
Katsuhisa Matsunaka, Numazu, JP;
Masaaki Takahashi, Odawara, JP;
Osamu Soutome, Numazu, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G015/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes a heater: a rotatable member movable while being in contact with contact, the rotatable member including a metal layer and an elastic layer: a pressing member cooperative with the heater to form a nip for nipping and feeding a recording material; wherein the metal layer has a thickness which is not less than 10 μm and not more than 60 μm, and wherein a pressure per unit length with respect to a longitudinal direction of the nip is not less than 0.39N/mm and not more than 0.98N/mm.