Patent ID: 9310723
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image heating apparatus comprising: a rotatable heating member configured to heat a toner image on a recording material; a rotatable collecting member configured to collect a toner deposited on said rotatable heating member; a cleaning web configured to clean said rotatable collecting member; an urging roller configured to urge said cleaning web toward said rotatable collecting member; a moving mechanism configured to move said urging roller so as to be movable between a first position where said cleaning web contacts said rotatable collecting member, a second position where said cleaning web contacts said rotatable collecting member at a contact pressure lower than the contact pressure at the first position, and a third position where said cleaning web is spaced from said rotatable collecting member; an executing portion configured to execute an operation in a cleaning mode in which said rotatable collecting member is cleaned at the second position and the first position in this order; and a controller configured to control, in the operation in the cleaning mode, the temperature of said rotatable collecting roller so that the temperature when said urging roller is moved from the third position to the second position is higher than the temperature when said urging roller is moved from the second position to the first position.