Patent ID: 8463167
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording member, comprising: a rotational body arranged in contact with the recording member carrying an image thereon, the rotational body including a resin layer being formed on a surface; a heating member arranged in contact with the resin layer of the rotational body and configured to heat the rotational body, the heating member including a sliding layer that contacts the resin layer of the rotational body; and a backup member forming a nip, in cooperation with the rotational body, that pinches and conveys the recording member carrying the image thereon, wherein the sliding layer of the heating member can be moved only in an intersecting direction with a rotational direction of the rotational body in a state that the resin layer of the rotational body and the sliding layer of the heating member are arranged in contact with each other so that the resin layer is extended in the intersecting direction with a rotational direction of the rotational body.