Patent ID: 8437673

Claim:
An image heating apparatus comprising: a rotatable endless belt including an electroconductive layer; a pressing member, press contacting said endless belt, configured to form a nip in which an image on a recording material is to be heated, wherein ends of endless belt are located outside corresponding ends of said pressing member with respect to a rotational axis direction of said endless belt; a regulating member configured to regulate movement of rotatable endless belt with respect to the rotational axis direction, contacting said endless belt; and an excitation coil configured to cause induction heating of the electroconductive layer, wherein said excitation coil includes bent portions at both end portions of said excitation coil with respect to the rotational axis direction, wherein with respect to the rotational axis direction, inner ends of bent portions are located outside ends of a range in which a maximum-sided recording material passes through the nip, and are located inside the ends of said pressing member.