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Patent Inventor Names
Yozo Hotta0
Makoto Fukatsu0
Taku Fukita0
Tetsuya Sano0
Hideo Nanataki0
Kazuhisa Kemmochi0
Keisuke Abe0
Date of Patent
April 17, 2007
Patent Application Number
10886595
Date Filed
July 9, 2004
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Patent abstract
An image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material, includes a heating member; a flexible member movable in contact with the heating member; an elastic roller for forming a nip with the heating member with the flexible member interposed therebetween; wherein a pressure in the nip increases to a maximum peak toward downstream substantially without decreasing with respect to a moving direction of the recording material, wherein the heating member is disposed upstream of the maximum peak portion with respect to the moving direction of the recording material.
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