Patent ID: 7890038

Claim:
An image heating apparatus comprising: a heating member configured to heat a toner image on a sheet at a nip portion; a pressing unit including a pressing member configured to form the nip portion with the heating member; a pressing unit moving device configured to move the pressing unit between an image heating position where an image heating process is executed and a retracted position where the pressing unit is retracted relative to the heating member; a separating unit including a separating member configured to separate the sheet from the pressing member, the separating unit is movable between a separating position where a separating process is executed and a retracted position where the separating unit is retracted relative to the pressing unit; wherein the pressing unit includes an abutting portion configured to abut on the separating unit which is in the retracted position so that the separating unit is positioned at the separating position with a moving operation of the pressing unit from the retracted position to the image heating position.