Patent ID: 7107000
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material, comprising: a flexible sleeve; a driving roller which contacts an outer peripheral surface of said sleeve and rotates said sleeve; a sliding member which contacts an inner peripheral surface of said sleeve and forms a nip portion together with said driving roller by nipping said sleeve between thereof; and an inner surface regulating member including an opposing area opposed to the inner peripheral surface of an end portion in a generatrix direction of said sleeve; wherein the recording material is nipped and conveyed by the nip portion; and wherein an outline of the opposing area of said inner surface regulating member is approximately similar to an outline of an end face of said sleeve when said sleeve is rotated by said driving roller in a state in which said inner surface regulating member is not attached to said apparatus.