Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image heating apparatus
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Application No.: US15479501Application Date: 2017-04-05
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Publication No.: US10042299B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Takeshi Kozuma
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2014-207005 20141008
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image heating apparatus includes first and second rotatable members configured to form a nip for heating a toner image on a sheet, a compressor, an air nozzle configured to blow air, generated by the compressor, on the first rotatable member, and a supplying mechanism configured to supply the air from the compressor to the air nozzle, the supplying mechanism including a plurality of air tubes and a plurality of clamps for clamping the air tubes at a plurality of different clamping positions. The plurality of clamping portions includes a predetermined clamping portion capable of being unclamped by a predetermined internal pressure lower by 20% or more than an internal pressure by which any other clamping portion, of the plurality of clamping portions, is unclamped.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170205747A1 IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-07-20
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