Image heating apparatus and fixing apparatus
US7260351B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/2025
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image heating apparatus including a plurality of image heating devices, each of the plurality of image heating devices having: an image heating member that heats an image on a recording material; and a separation member that separates the recording material from the image heating member, wherein the recording material is caused to first pass through the image heating device on an upstream side with respect to a conveying direction of the recording material and then pass through the image heating device on a downstream side, and wherein the separation member of the image heating device on the upstream side and the separation member of the image heating device on the downstream side are different from each other.
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