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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuaki Hara, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes: an endless belt for heating a toner image on a sheet in a nip; a driving rotatable member for cooperating with the belt to form the nip and for rotating the belt; a pressing pad for pressing the belt from an inside of the belt toward the driving rotatable member; a heating device for heating the belt; and a controller configured to execute, in a stand-by mode following a warming-up mode, an intermittent heating operation of the heating device for the belt while rotating the belt by the driving rotatable member. The controller is capable of executing, after executing the intermittent heating operation in a first rest period in the stand-by mode, the intermittent heating operation in a second rest period, which is longer than the first rest period.