Patent ID: 8219014

Claim:
An image heating apparatus comprising: a rotatable image heating member, including an electroconductive layer, for heating a recording material by heat; a coil, disposed outside said image heating member, configured to generate magnetic flux for generating heat in the electroconductive layer, said coil having an end, with respect to a rotational axis direction of said image heating member, located outside an end of said image heating member with respect to the rotational axis direction; a pressing member, contacting an outer surface of said image heating member, configured to form a nip in which the recording material is to be nipped and conveyed; a metal member configured to press said pressing member through said image heating member, said metal member having an end which is located outside the end of said image heating member and is located outside an end of said coil with respect to the rotational axis direction; and magnetic flux confining means, disposed inside said image heating member and between said coil and said metal member, for confining the magnetic flux from said coil so as not to extend toward said metal member, said magnetic flux confining means having an end located outside the end of said image heating member with respect to the rotational axis direction.