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US 2003/0118363 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSatoru Izawa, Masahiro Goto, Toshio Miyamoto, Masahiko Suzumi, Eiji Uekawa, Koji Nihonyanagi
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Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable member; back-up means for cooperating with the rotatable member to form a feeding nip for feeding a recording material; heating means for heating an outer peripheral surface of the rotatable member, the heating means including a heater in the form of a plate cooperable with the rotatable member to form a heating nip.
Claims24
An image heating apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable member;
- back-up means for cooperating with said rotatable member to form a feeding nip for feeding a recording material;
- heating means for heating an outer peripheral surface of said rotatable member, said heating means including a heater in the form of a plate cooperable with said rotatable member to form a heating nip.
An apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said slidable member has a convex surface at a feeding nip side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.