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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2009
Tsutomu Miki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhisa Kemmochi, Suntou-gun, JP;
Kenichi Ogawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Nishida, Numazu, JP;
Masashi Tanaka, Susono, JP;
Tsutomu Miki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhisa Kemmochi, Suntou-gun, JP;
Kenichi Ogawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Nishida, Numazu, JP;
Masashi Tanaka, Susono, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable member; a heater contactable to a surface of the rotatable member to heat the rotatable member; and a back-up member cooperative with the rotatable member to form a nip for nipping and feeding a recording material carrying an image, wherein a position of a peak in a pressure distribution with respect to a rotational direction of the rotatable member is upstream, with respect to the rotational direction, of a central portion of a contact region between the rotatable member and the heater with respect to the rotational direction.