Patent · US Expired

Image fixing apparatus

US5162634A · kind A · utility

76Cited by

6References

76Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · JP

Inventors

Kensaku Kusaka · Ise, JP
Yoshihiko Suzuki · Funabashi, JP
Shigeo Kimura · Tagajo, JP
Atsushi Hosoi · Tokyo, JP
Hiroyuki Adachi · Kawasaki, JP
Masahide Kinoshita · Nanbu, JP
Hidekazu Maruta · Kawagoe, JP
Akira Yamamoto · Yokohama, JP
Ikuko Naruse · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 27, 1991
Grant date	Nov 10, 1992
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 27, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G2215/2038
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image heating apparatus includes a heater having a heating surface; a base member for supporting said heater, said base member having an edge; a holder for supporting said base member; a film movable with a recording material in sliding contact with the heating surface; wherein said holder has a rounded projection for preventing contact of said film with the edge.

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