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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazunari Hatazaki, Nagareyama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2025 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0129 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes: first and second rotatable members configured to form a nip for heating a toner image on a recording material; rotatable rubbing member configured to rub the first rotatable member to substantially refresh a surface property of the first rotatable member; an air blowing mechanism, provided with a plurality of openings, configured to blow air toward different positions of the rotatable rubbing member with respect to an axial direction of the rotatable rubbing member; and a moving mechanism configured to reciprocate the air blowing mechanism with respect to the axial direction.