Patent ID: 8626027

Claim:
An image heating apparatus comprising: an excitation coil; an image heating member configured to generate heat using a magnetic flux from said excitation coil to heat an image on a recording material; a magnetic core provided inside said image heating member configured to guide the magnetic flux to said image heating member; a core supporting member of resin material contacting said magnetic core to support said magnetic core; a back-up member contacting an inner surface of said image heating member; a pressing member forming a nip between said back-up member and itself with said image heating member therebetween; a stay member composed of metal, provided inside said image heating member, configured to press said back-up member to form a nip; an apparatus side plate provided at each of opposite ends with respect to a rotational axis direction of said image heating member; a first positioning portion configured to determine a position of said stay member relative to one of said apparatus side plates; and a second positioning portion, provided at a central portion of said stay member, configured to determine a position of said core supporting member relative to said stay member, wherein said stay member is more distant from said coil than said core supporting member.