| US 7,457,576 B2 | ||
| Image heating apparatus | ||
| Shigeaki Takada, Kashiwa (Japan); Makoto Jinzai, Abiko (Japan); Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Toride (Japan); Ikuo Nakamoto, Toride (Japan); Yasuhiro Hayashi, Moriya (Japan); Daigo Matsuura, Toride (Japan); Keigo Kaji, Abiko (Japan); Hiroshi Komiyama, Kashiwa (Japan); and Nobuaki Hara, Abiko (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 08, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/530,225. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-265873 (JP), filed on Sep. 13, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0059065 A1, Mar. 15, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—329 | 5 Claims |
| 1. An image heating apparatus comprising:
a first belt contactable to an image on a recording material to heat the image;
a second belt for forming a nip with said first belt;
a first pressing pad for pressing said first belt in said nip;
a second pressing pad for pressing said second belt toward said first pressing pad,
wherein said first pressing pad has a surface roughness Rz of not more than 20 μm, and said second pressing pad has a surface
roughness Rz of 50-300 μm.
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