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US 6,583,389 B2Granted
Image heating apparatus, heater for heating image and manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKen Murooka, Nobukazu Adachi, Akira Hayakawa, Takeshi Niimura
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Abstract
An image heating apparatus that has an elongated heater, a film having a surface which moves while in contact with a recording material bearing an image, wherein the image on the recording material is heated by heat emitted from the heater via the film. The heater has a substrate made of metal and the substrate has a convex portion in a longitudinal direction of the heater.
Claims19
An image heating apparatus, comprising:
- an elongated heater, said heater including a substrate made of a metal;
- and
- a film having a surface which slides on said heater and another surface which moves in contact with a recording material bearing an image,
- wherein the image on the recording material is heated by heat generated from said heater via said film, and
- said substrate includes a bent portion along a longitudinal direction of said heater.
2 more elements
A heater for heating an image, comprising:
- an elongated substrate made of metal;
- and
- a heat generating layer disposed on said substrate,
- wherein said substrate includes a bent portion along a longitudinal direction of said substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.