Patent ID: 9223266
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image heating apparatus comprising: an endless belt configured and positioned to heat a toner image on a sheet in a nip; a driving rotatable member configured and positioned to cooperate with said endless belt to form the nip and to rotate said endless belt; a pressing pad configured and positioned to press said endless belt from an inside of said endless belt toward said driving rotatable member; a heating device configured and positioned to heat said endless belt; and a controller configured to execute, in a stand-by mode following a warming-up mode, an intermittent heating operation of said heating device for said endless belt while rotating said endless belt by said driving rotatable member, wherein said controller is configured to execute, after executing the intermittent heating operation in a first period in the stand-by mode, the intermittent heating operation in a second period in the stand-by mode, wherein intervals of the intermittent heating operation are longer in the second period than in the first period.