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US 7,609,991 B2Granted
Image heating apparatus with an axial flow fan for cooling a portion of a heating rotatable member
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKohei Koshida
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Abstract
An image heating apparatus includes a heating rotatable member for heating a toner image on a recording material at a nip; an axial flow fan for cooling the heating rotatable member at a longitudinal end portion thereof; wherein an axis of the axial flow fan extends from its outlet disposed adjacent the longitudinal end portion inclinedly toward a longitudinally central portion of the heating rotatable member.
Claims5
An image heating apparatus comprising:
- a heating rotatable member for heating a toner image on a recording material at a nip;
- an axial flow fan for cooling said heating rotatable member at a longitudinal end portion thereof, and
- a duct, extending along an axis of said axial flow fan, for guiding air flow provided by said axial flow fan toward said heating rotatable member;
- wherein the axis of said axial flow fan extends from an outlet of said duct disposed adjacent the longitudinal end portion at an incline toward a longitudinally central portion of said heating rotatable member.
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An image heating apparatus comprising:
- a heating rotatable member for heating a toner image on a recording material at a nip;
- an axial flow fan for cooling said heating rotatable member at a longitudinal end portion thereof by blowing cooling air thereon;
- wherein a rotational axis of said axial flow fan is directed with longitudinal outward inclination relative to a rotational axis of said heating rotatable member toward a longitudinal end portion of said heating rotatable member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.