| US 7,542,711 B2 | ||
| Image heating device | ||
| Ikuo Nakamoto, Toride (Japan); and Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Toride (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 19, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/51,108. | ||
| Application 12/051108 is a division of application No. 11/275017, filed on Dec. 01, 2005, granted, now 7,406,288. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-359592 (JP), filed on Dec. 13, 2004; and application No. 2004-359593 (JP), filed on Dec. 13, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0213013 A1, Sep. 04, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—329 | 3 Claims |
| 1. A toner image heating apparatus comprising:
first and second belts configured and positioned to heat a toner image on a sheet at a nip;
a first pad and a first roller configured to press said first belt toward said second belt at the nip, said first roller is
disposed at a downstream side of said first pad in a sheet conveying direction of the sheet and spaced apart from said first
pad; and
a second pad and a second roller configured to press said second belt toward said first belt at the nip, said second roller
is disposed at a downstream side of said second pad in the conveying direction and spaced apart from said second pad,
wherein a downstream end portion of said first pad in the conveying direction is disposed opposed to said second roller so
that said first and second belts are sandwiched by said first pad and said second roller.
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