Patent ID: 8010031

Claim:
An image heating apparatus comprising: an endless belt configured to heat an image on a recording material; a supporting member configured to support the endless belt; a rotating member configured to contact the endless belt to form a heating nip portion where the endless belt heats the image on the recording material; a contact/separation unit configured to separate the endless belt from the rotating member; a first regulating unit configured to regulate a deviation of the endless belt in a width direction by moving at least one end of the supporting member; a second regulating unit configured to regulate the deviation of the endless belt in the width direction by contacting an end portion of the endless belt in the width direction; and a control unit configured to regulate the deviation of the endless belt in the width direction by the first regulating unit during an image heating operation and to regulate the deviation of the endless belt in the width direction by the second regulating unit without actuating the first regulating unit during a standby operation in which the endless belt rotates in a state that the endless belt and the rotating member are separated from each other.