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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2003
Michio Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Masao Umezawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsutoshi Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshikazu Tsuchiya, Shizuoka, JP;
Michio Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Masao Umezawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsutoshi Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshikazu Tsuchiya, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material, including a heater, a holder for holding the heater, a rotating member rotating around the holder and being flexible and having a metal layer, and a pressure roller forming a nip with the heater across the rotating member, wherein the rotating member moves detaching from the pressure roller just after passing through a downstream end portion of a surface of the heater opposed to the pressure roller. Thus, an uneven heating of a toner image can be prevented even in a case where the recording material becomes undulated after passing the nip portion.