Patent ID: 8942612
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image heating apparatus comprising: first and second rotatable members configured to form a nip portion for heating an image on a recording material at a nip therebetween; an endless belt configured to heat said first rotatable member in contact with an outer surface of said first rotatable member; and first and second rollers configured to rotatably support said endless belt from an inside of said endless belt, wherein a heating area in which said first rotatable member is heated by said endless belt is formed from a position where said endless belt is pressed to said first rotatable member by said first roller to a position where said endless belt is pressed to said first rotatable member by said second roller along a rotational direction of said first rotatable member, wherein a pressure between said second roller and said first rotatable member is larger than a pressure between said first roller and said first rotatable member, and wherein a feeding force by which said endless belt is fed between said second roller and said first rotatable member is larger than a feeding force by which said endless belt is fed between said first roller and said first rotatable member.