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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Shimura, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Yonekubo, Suntou-gun, JP;
Hisashi Nakahara, Numazu, JP;
Akira Kato, Mishima, JP;
Noriaki Tanaka, Suntou-gun, JP;
Hideyuki Matsubara, Mishima, JP;
Yuji Fujiwara, Susono, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes: a heater including a substrate and a heat generating element; a supporting member; and a high heat-conductive member. The recording material on which an image is formed is heated by heat from the heater. The supporting member has a bottom region, where the supporting member supports the heater, including a first region where the supporting member contacts the high heat-conductive member so as to apply pressure between the heater and the high heat-conductive member and including a second region where the supporting member is recessed from the high heat-conductive member relative to the first region. At least a part of the first region overlaps, with respect to a movement direction of the recording material, with a region where the heat generating element is provided.