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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Koshida, Toride, JP;
Daigo Matsuura, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes an endless rotatable heat generator for heating an image on the recording material by induction heat generation by a magnetic flux, a coil outside the generator for generating the magnetic flux for the induction heat generation, first and second magnetic cores, respectively provided on the same and opposite sides of the coil as the heat generator for directing the magnetic flux to the heat generator, a mover for moving the second core between first and second positions, the second position being farther away from the coil than the first position, and an electroconductive member extending from the first core to the second position in a direction away from the heat generator.