Image heating apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTempei Okanemasa
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Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable endless belt; a rotatable member, a plate-like heater, a holding member, a connector, movable in a first direction and a fixing member. The fixing member is mountable to and dismountable from the connector and the holding member by being moved in a second direction different from the first direction. The fixing member is mountable after the connector is mounted to the heater and the holding member, and the connector is dismountable after the fixing member is dismounted from the holding member.
Claims11
An image heating apparatus for heating an image on a recording material, comprising:
- a rotatable endless belt;
- a rotatable member configured to form a nip, between itself and said belt, in which the recording material on which a toner image is carried is nipped and fed;
- a plate-like heater provided on an inner peripheral side of said belt and configured to heat said belt;
- a holding member configured to hold said heater, wherein said holding member includes a first portion to be engaged;
- a connector mounted to end portions of said heater and said holding member and capable of supplying a current to said heater, said connector being mountable to said heater and said holding member by being moved in a first direction, and said connector further being dismountable from said heater and said holding member by being moved in a direction opposite to the first direction, wherein said connector includes a second portion to be engaged;
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- a covering member provided in engagement with said connector and said holding member and configured to cover at least a part of said connector when viewed in the direction opposite to the first direction,
- wherein said covering member is mountable to said connector and said holding member by being moved in a second direction different from the first direction, and wherein said covering member further is dismountable from said connector and said holding member by being moved in a direction opposite to the second direction,
- wherein said covering member includes a first engaging portion configured to engage with said first portion to be engaged of said holding member and configured to restrict movement of said covering member in the direction opposite to the first direction and includes a second engaging portion configured to engage with said second portion to be engaged of said connector and configured to restrict movement of said connector in the direction opposite to the first direction, and
- wherein said covering member is mountable after said connector is mounted to said heater and said holding member, and said connector is dismountable after said covering member is dismounted from said holding member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.