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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takeharu Nakada, Kawasaki, JP;
Sho Taguchi, Fujisawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus for fixing an image on a recording material includes a cylindrical film, a heater configured to heat the film, the heater contacting an inner surface of the film, a heat transfer member configured to contact a surface opposite to a surface of the heater that contacts the inner surface of the film, and a support member configured to support the heater. A heat capacity per unit length of a first portion that is a portion of the heat transfer member corresponding to a region near an end of the recording material in a width direction among non-sheet passing region is larger than that of a second portion that is a portion of the heat transfer member corresponding to a center of the recording material in the width direction.