| US 7,596,348 B2 | ||
| Image heating apparatus | ||
| Ikuo Nakamoto, Toride (Japan); Yasuhiro Hayashi, Moriya (Japan); Daigo Matsuura, Toride (Japan); Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Toride (Japan); and Shigeaki Takada, Kashiwa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 26, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/678,680. | ||
| Application 11/678680 is a division of application No. 11/452204, filed on Jun. 14, 2006, granted, now 7,200,354. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005/180540 (JP), filed on Jun. 21, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0140760 A1, Jun. 21, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—329 [399/330; 399/331; 399/333; 219/216] | 7 Claims |
| 1. An image heating apparatus comprising:
first and second belts forming a nip for heating a toner image on a recording material, wherein said second belt is rotatable
by a driving force received from said first belt;
a first roller for pressing said first belt to said second belt in said nip, wherein said first roller is effective to rotate
said first belt;
a first pad for pressing said first belt to said second belt in said nip;
a second roller for pressing said second belt to said first roller in said nip, wherein said second roller has a coefficient
of friction that is smaller than a coefficient of friction of said first roller; and
a second pad for pressing said second belt to said first pad in said nip, wherein said second pad is disposed closer to a
region where said first belt and second belt are pressed by said first roller and said second roller than said first pad.
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