Patent ID: 8175485

Claim:
An image heating apparatus comprising: an image heating rotational member configured to heat an image on a recording material; a pressure member configured to form a nip portion with the image heating rotational member and pinches the recording material heated by the image heating rotational member in the nip portion; a first external heating member including a first heat generation member, the first external heating member configured to contact an outer surface of the image heating rotational member and heat an area of the image heating rotational member that has passed the nip portion; and a second external heating member including a second heat generation member, the second external heating member configured to contact an outer surface of the image heating rotational member at a position downstream of the first external heating member and upstream of the nip portion in a rotational direction of the image heating rotational member, wherein maximum power applied to the second heat generation member is smaller than maximum power applied to the first heat generation member.