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US 2014/0270866 A1Published application
Image heating apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazunari Hatazaki
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Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes: first and second rotatable members configured to form a nip for heating a toner image on a recording material; a rotatable rubbing member configured to rub the first rotatable member to substantially refresh a surface property of the first rotatable member; and a pipe member provided with an opening, formed at a peripheral surface thereof, for permitting air blowing toward the rotatable rubbing member, wherein said pipe member has an end portion hermetically sealed by collapse.
Claims12
An image heating apparatus comprising:
- first and second rotatable members configured to form a nip for heating a toner image on a recording material;
- a rotatable rubbing member configured to rub said first rotatable member to substantially refresh a surface property of said first rotatable member;
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- a pipe member provided with an opening, formed at a peripheral surface thereof, for permitting air blowing toward said rotatable rubbing member, wherein said pipe member has an end portion hermetically sealed by collapse.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.