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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Matsubara, Mishima, JP;
Hideaki Yonekubo, Suntou-gun, JP;
Hisashi Nakahara, Numazu, JP;
Akira Kato, Mishima, JP;
Noriaki Tanaka, Suntou-gun, JP;
Yasuhiro Shimura, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Fujiwara, Susono, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image heating device includes, a moving member configured to move while contacting a recording material at one surface of the moving member, a backup member configured to contact the other surface of the moving member, a holding member configured to hold the backup member, a nip portion forming member contacting the one surface of the moving member, and configured to form a nip portion in corporation with the backup member via the moving member, and a high thermal conductive member held between the holding member and the backup member, wherein the recording material on which an image has been formed is heated by heat received from the moving member while being nipped and conveyed at the nip portion, and wherein the holding member includes a recessed portion configured not to apply pressure to the high thermal conductive member.