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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2007
Kenichi Ogawa, Numazu, JP;
Akira Kato, Mishima, JP;
Satoshi Nishida, Numazu, JP;
Masashi Tanaka, Susono, JP;
Atsuyoshi Abe, Susono, JP;
Koji Uchiyama, Numazu, JP;
Daisuke Aoki, Numazu, JP;
Kenichi Ogawa, Numazu, JP;
Akira Kato, Mishima, JP;
Satoshi Nishida, Numazu, JP;
Masashi Tanaka, Susono, JP;
Atsuyoshi Abe, Susono, JP;
Koji Uchiyama, Numazu, JP;
Daisuke Aoki, Numazu, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording material is constituted by a roller contactable with a toner image carrying surface of the recording material; a heating member for heating the roller, the heating member contacting a surface of the roller, wherein the toner image formed on the recording material is heated in contact with the roller; and a driving mechanism for moving the heating member to a first position contacting the roller and a second position, contacting the roller different from the first position with respect to a tangential direction of the roller.