Image heating apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoshi Murasaki
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Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable fixing member; an air-blowing unit for blowing air onto an end portion of the rotatable fixing member with respect to a generating line direction of the rotatable fixing member, wherein the air-blowing unit includes a fan, a duct for guiding the air generated by drive of the fan, and a shutter, provided at an outlet of the duct, for switching an outlet width of the duct with respect to the generating line direction; and a partition, provided in the duct, for partitioning an air passing region inside the duct into a plurality of regions with respect to the generating line direction, wherein the partition extends to a neighborhood of the shutter with respect to an air-blowing direction.
Claims14
1-7. (canceled)
An image fixing apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable fixing member configured to form a nip for conveying a recording material bearing an unfixed image;
- an air-blowing unit configured to blow air onto an end portion of said rotatable fixing member with respect to a generatrix direction of said rotatable fixing member, wherein said air blowing unit includes a fan, a duct configured to guide the air generated by driving of the fan;
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- a partition, provided in a wall forming the duct, configured to partition an air passing region inside the duct into a plurality of regions with respect to a rotational direction of said rotatable fixing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.