Patent ID: 7466950

Claim:
An image heating apparatus, comprising: a coil for generating magnetic flux; an image heating member, comprising an electroconductive layer which generates heat by eddy current generated by the magnetic flux from said coil, for heating an image on a recording material; energization control means for controlling energization of said coil so that a temperature of said image heating member is a a predetermined temperature Tf (° C.) to heat the image; and a heat pipe contactable with said image heating member, wherein the electroconductive layer has a Curie temperature Tc satisfying the following relationship: Tf≦Tc≦Tf+Q max( W ) ×Rh (° C./ W ), wherein Qmax (W) represents a maximum amount of heat transport, and Rh (° C./W) represents a value of heat resistance of said heat pipe at a dry out occurrence temperature of said heat pipe.