Patent ID: 9042801
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image heating apparatus comprising: a rotatable heating member configured to heat a toner image on a sheet; an exciting coil configured to cause said rotatable heating member to generate heat by electromagnetic induction heating; a magnetic core configured to guide magnetic flux, generated by said exciting coil, to said rotatable heating member, wherein said magnetic core includes a first engaging portion in the neighborhood of an end thereof and a second engaging portion in the neighborhood of another end thereof; a holder holding said magnetic core and including a first recess into which the first engaging portion is inserted and a second recess into which the second engaging portion is inserted; and an elastic member fixed on said holder, wherein said elastic member urges the first engaging portion, inserted into the first recess, in a direction perpendicular to an inserting direction so that a position of the second engaging portion is determined by the second recess.