Patent ID: 8708021

Claim:
A heating apparatus comprising: a first pressing member that heats a heating target; a second pressing member that includes an elastic body and a first holding member that holds the elastic body; and a floating jig that includes a second holding member that holds the heating target between the first pressing member and the second pressing member, wherein one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member is operable to press the heating target in a first direction toward the other of the first pressing member and the second pressing member so as to sandwich the heating target between the first pressing member and the elastic body, the floating jig is i) operable to thermally separate the first pressing member from the heating target and ii) operable to thermally connect the heating target and the first pressing member when the one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member presses the heating target in the first direction, and, when the one of the first pressing member and the second pressing member presses the heating target in the first direction, the first holding member covers the second holding member such that the second holding member intervenes between the first pressing member and the first holding member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, thereby restricting positional skew of the floating jig in the second direction.