Patent ID: 9342010
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image heating apparatus comprising: a rotatable member; a heater contacting said rotatable member, said heater including a substrate and a heat generating element provided on the substrate; a supporting member configured to support said heater; and a heat-conductive member sandwiched between said heater and said supporting member, the heat-conductive member contacting said heater, wherein a recording material on which an image is formed is heated by heat from said heater via said rotatable member, wherein said supporting member has an opposing region opposing said heat-conductive member, said opposing region including a first region where said supporting member contacts said heat-conductive member and a second region where said supporting member is recessed from said heat-conductive member relative to the first region, wherein at least a part of the first region overlaps, with respect to a short direction of said heater, with a region, of said heater, where the heat generating element is provided, when viewed in a longitudinal direction of said heater, and wherein at least a part of the first region overlaps with the second region in the longitudinal direction of said heater, when viewed in the short direction of said heater.