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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2006
Kazuhisa Okuda, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Yokota, Abiko, JP;
Michiaki Endo, Abiko, JP;
Shinsuke Ubayashi, Kashiwa, JP;
Takatoshi Chiba, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiromasa Katayama, Toride, JP;
Hiromitsu Uchida, Toride, JP;
Kazuhisa Okuda, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Yokota, Abiko, JP;
Michiaki Endo, Abiko, JP;
Shinsuke Ubayashi, Kashiwa, JP;
Takatoshi Chiba, Kashiwa, JP;
Hiromasa Katayama, Toride, JP;
Hiromitsu Uchida, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes an endless belt for heating an image on a recording material at a nip; a pressing pad for pressing the belt at the nip; a supporting member for supporting the belt at an inner surface thereof, the supporting member being displaceable to move the belt in a widthwise direction of the belt; a lubricant application member for applying lubricant onto the inner surface of the belt; and displacing means for displacing the lubricant application member in accordance with a displacement of the supporting member.