Patent ID: 7650105
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording material, comprising: a roller contactable with a toner image carrying surface of the recording material; a heating member for heating said roller, said heating member contacting a surface of said roller, wherein the toner image formed on the recording material is heated in contact with said roller; and a driving mechanism for moving said heating member to a first position contacting said roller, and a second position contacting said roller different from the first position with respect to a tangential direction of said roller, wherein the second position is located upstream from the first position with respect to a rotational direction of said roller during heating of the toner image, and wherein said heating member is located at the first position during the heating of the toner image and moved from the first position to the second position during a period other than a period for the heating of the toner image.