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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2005
Tomoichiro Ohta, Kashiwa, JP;
Manabu Yamauchi, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiroto Nishihara, Toride, JP;
Kenji Fukushi, Toride, JP;
Yasuyuki Aiko, Toride, JP;
Hidehiko Kinoshita, Kashiwa, JP;
Takamitsu Hirayama, Abiko, JP;
Tomoichiro Ohta, Kashiwa, JP;
Manabu Yamauchi, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiroto Nishihara, Toride, JP;
Kenji Fukushi, Toride, JP;
Yasuyuki Aiko, Toride, JP;
Hidehiko Kinoshita, Kashiwa, JP;
Takamitsu Hirayama, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus has a magnetic flux generator; a heat generating element for generating heat by a magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generator, the heat generating element being effective to heat an image on a recording material; an electric power supply for supplying electric power to the magnetic flux generator; electric power changing unit for changing electric power to be supplied to the magnetic flux generator on the basis of a temperature rise property of the heat generating element, in a period from start of electric power supply to the magnetic flux generator to reaching of a temperature of the heat generating element to a predetermined level.