Image heating apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJunichi Noguchi
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Abstract
An image heating apparatus comprises an endless belt for heating an image on a recording material. A heating member is provided for heating a part of the endless belt and a contact member is provided for contacting an inner surface of the belt. A stand-by control unit is operable in a stop period in which the heating member effects heating with the belt at rest and in a rotation period in which the belt is rotated, and a drive stop control unit is provided for stopping the endless belt at a position that the contact member contacts at least a part of a portion of the endless belt that has been opposed to the heating member in a previous stop period.
Claims9
An image heating apparatus comprising:
- an endless belt for heating an image on a recording material;
- heating means for heating a part of said endless belt;
- driving means for rotating said endless belt;
- a contact member for contacting an inner surface of said endless belt;
- stand-by control means operable in a stop period in which said heating means effects heating with said endless belt at rest and in a rotation period in which said endless belt is rotated;
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- drive stop control means for stopping, upon stoppage of rotation of said endless belt in the rotation period, said endless belt at a position that the contact member contacts at least a part of a portion of said endless belt that has been opposed to said heating means in a previous stop period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.