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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2003
Applicant:
Junichi Nakayama, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Junichi Nakayama, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes: a heating member for heating a toner image formed on a recording material; a plurality of pressure members for pressurizing the heating member to form a nip portion where the recording material is nipped and transported, in which a pressurizing force is changeable, the pressure members being arranged along a transport direction of the recording material; a gloss selector for selecting a gloss of an image to be formed; and a pressurizing force selector for selecting the pressurizing forces of the pressure members independently of one another according to the gloss selected by the gloss selector.