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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2004
Taku Fukita, Mishima, JP;
Hideo Nanataki, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Sano, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yozo Hotta, Mishima, JP;
Kazuhisa Kemmochi, Mishima, JP;
Makoto Fukatsu, Mishima, JP;
Keisuke Abe, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Taku Fukita, Mishima, JP;
Hideo Nanataki, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Sano, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yozo Hotta, Mishima, JP;
Kazuhisa Kemmochi, Mishima, JP;
Makoto Fukatsu, Mishima, JP;
Keisuke Abe, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material, includes a heating member; a flexible member movable in contact with the heating member; an elastic roller for forming a nip with the heating member with the flexible member interposed therebetween; wherein a pressure in the nip increases to a maximum peak toward downstream substantially without decreasing with respect to a moving direction of the recording material, wherein the heating member is disposed upstream of the maximum peak portion with respect to the moving direction of the recording material.