Canon kabushiki kaisha (20240427266). IMAGE HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
IMAGE HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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Inventor(s)
SHIZUMA Nishimura of Shizuoka (JP)
TAKASHI Honke of Shizuoka (JP)
IMAGE HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240427266 titled 'IMAGE HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
a flange member is adapted such that a first distance between a first position at which a part thereof on an upstream side in a recording material conveyance direction comes into contact with a film inner surface and a nip center that is an intersection of a first virtual line and a second virtual line is longer than a second distance between a second position at which a region of an outer surface of the flange member facing the film inner surface intersects the first virtual line and the nip center, and a film guide is adapted such that a third distance between a third position that faces the film inner surface on the upstream side and the nip center is longer than a fourth distance between a fourth position that faces the film inner surface on the downstream side and the nip center on the first virtual line.