Patent ID: 9250582
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fixing apparatus configured to heat a recording material having a toner image formed thereon and fix the toner image on the recording material comprising: a cylindrical film; a heater configured to come into contact with the film, the heater including a substrate and a heat generation resistor formed on the substrate; a thermal conduction member configured to come into contact with a surface of the heater opposite to a surface that contacts the film, the thermal conduction member being a plate member having a thermal conductivity higher than that of the substrate; and a pressurizing roller configured to form a pressing portion with the heater via the film, wherein the thermal conduction member contacts the heater in a configuration so as not to overlap with end regions of the heat generation resistor in a longitudinal direction of the heat generation resistor, and wherein a resistance value of the end region of the heat generation resistor is lower than a resistance value of a center portion of the heat generation resistor in the longitudinal direction.