Patent ID: 7348524

Claim:
An image heating device comprising: magnetic flux generating means; a heat generating member for generating heat by a magnetic flux from said magnetic flux generating means to heat an image on a recording material; a magnetic flux confining member for confining the magnetic flux directed toward said heat generating member from said magnetic flux generating means; moving means for moving said magnetic flux confining member to a magnetic flux confining position from a retracted position where said magnetic flux confining member is retracted from said magnetic flux confining position; stop means for stopping said magnetic flux confining member at said magnetic flux confining position; a moving portion which moves in interrelation with movement of said magnetic flux confining member from said retracted position toward said magnetic flux confining position; and a preventing member, disposed downstream of said magnetic flux confining position with respect to a moving direction of said magnetic flux confining member from said retracted position toward said magnetic flux confining position, for contacting said moving portion to prevent movement of said magnetic flux confining position.