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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshinori Nakayama, Kashiwa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heater usable with an image heating apparatus includes contacts including at least one first contact provided on a substrate and connectable with a first terminal, and second contacts provided on the substrate and connectable with a second terminal; electrodes arranged in a longitudinal direction of the substrate with predetermined gaps; electroconductive lines connecting the electrodes with respective ones of the contacts such that the electrode connected with the first contact and the electrode connected with the second contacts are alternately arranged in the longitudinal direction of the substrate; and heat generating portions, provided between adjacent electrodes, respectively, for generating heat by electric power supply between adjacent electrodes, wherein all of the first contacts are provided in one end portion of the substrate with respect to the longitudinal direction, and all of the second contacts are provided in the other end portion with respect to the longitudinal direction.