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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Muramatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Toshinori Nakayama, Kashiwa, JP;
Koichi Kakubari, Toride, JP;
Shigeaki Takada, Abiko, JP;
Hiroto Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image heating apparatus including heat generating members arranged along a longitudinal direction of a belt, when an image heating operation is performed on a recording material having a width which is smaller than a maximum width of the recording material usable in the image heating apparatus, the heat generating member positioned within an area corresponding to a non passing portion of the recording material is actuated together with the heat generating member positioned within an area corresponding to a non passing portion of the recording material.