Patent ID: 7132631
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image heating apparatus, comprising: a coil for generating magnetic flux by energization; an image heating member which generates heat by the magnetic flux and heats an image on a recording material; a magnetic flux adjusting member for adjusting magnetic flux toward said image heating member; energization control means for controlling energization to said coil so that a temperature of said image heating member is an image heating temperature for heating the image; moving means for moving said magnetic flux adjusting member to an adjusting position at which magnetic flux toward an end portion of said image heating member is less than magnetic flux toward a central portion of said image heating member and to a retracted position different from said adjusting position; and movement control means, comprising a first temperature detection member for detecting a temperature at the end portion of said image heating member, for retracting said magnetic flux adjusting member from said adjusting position at a first setting temperature lower than said image heating temperature.