Patent ID: 8779335

Claim:
An image heating apparatus comprising: a first rotatable member and a second rotatable member which form a nip in which an image on a recording material is to be heated; a heater provided in said second rotatable member; a moving mechanism configured to integrally move said second rotatable member and said heater between a contact position in which said second rotatable member contacts said first rotatable member and a separation position in which said second rotatable member is separated from said first rotatable member; an electrical connecting piece configured to electrically connect an electrical energy supplying portion of said heater and an electrical wire under the application of pressure, wherein the longitudinal direction of said electrical connecting piece is set so that the angle formed between the longitudinal direction of said electrical connecting piece and a movement direction of said electrical connecting piece during an operation by said moving mechanism is 45 degrees or less; and a regulating member configured to regulate a direction of said electrical connecting piece.