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  • Image heating apparatus
    Patent number: 7002105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an image heating apparatus, such as a heating fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image formed on plane paper. By making the width of a heat collecting plate of a thermoprotector for suppressing an excessive temperature rise of a heater provided in the apparatus, a failure in an image is suppressed irrespective of variations in the mounting position of the thermoprotector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiko Suzumi