Patent ID: 8358960
Filing Date: 2013-01-22
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image heating apparatus comprising: an endless belt; a rotatable member, contactable to an outer surface of said endless belt, configured to form a nip in which a recording material is nipped and conveyed; a stretching member configured to stretch said endless belt; an urging member, contacting an inner surface of said endless belt, configured to urge said stretching member by movement of said endless belt so as to include a contact portion at which said urging member contacts said stretching member; a lubricant application member configured to apply a lubricant onto the inner surface of said endless belt; and a collecting member, contacting said stretching member at a position downstream of an area in which said stretching member contacts said endless belt and upstream of the contact portion at which said urging member contacts said stretching member with respect to a rotational direction of said stretching member, and configured to collect the lubricant from said stretching member, wherein said collecting member includes a guiding portion configured to guide the lubricant, collected from said stretching member, onto the inner surface of said endless belt.