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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2005
Shinsuke Kobayashi, Susono, JP;
Akira Kato, Mishima, JP;
Akira Hayakawa, Mishima, JP;
Kenichi Ogawa, Numazu, JP;
Hisashi Nakahara, Numazu, JP;
Tatsuo Nishiyama, Sunto-gun, JP;
Shinsuke Kobayashi, Susono, JP;
Akira Kato, Mishima, JP;
Akira Hayakawa, Mishima, JP;
Kenichi Ogawa, Numazu, JP;
Hisashi Nakahara, Numazu, JP;
Tatsuo Nishiyama, Sunto-gun, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material, including a heating unit having a heater and a flexible sleeve to be rotated in contact with the heater; an elastic roller for constituting a nip portion, in cooperation with the heater and through the flexible sleeve, for heating the recording material under pinching and conveying; and a frame having a roller supporting portion for supporting the heating unit and the elastic roller; wherein the frame has a guide portion for mounting the heating unit on the frame; and the roller supporting portion of the frame is positioned, in a conveying direction of the recording material, in a downstream position of an imaginary line passing through a center of the guide portion.