Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image heating apparatus and image forming apparatus that control electrical power supplied to first and second heat generating blocks
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Application No.: US16658584Application Date: 2019-10-21
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Publication No.: US10969712B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Masato Sako , Atsushi Iwasaki , Keisuke Mochizuki
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2016-148476 20160728
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image heating apparatus includes a heater including a first heat generating block and a second heat generating block, and a power control portion that controls electrical power to be supplied to the respective heat generating blocks. When a recording material passes the position of the heater, and, in a longitudinal direction of the heater, when an entire range in which the second heat generating block is provided is a range in which the recording material passes and only a portion of a range in which the first heat generating block is provided is a range in which the recording material passes, the power control portion controls the electrical power to be supplied to the respective heat generating blocks so that electrical power Wd supplied to the first heat generating block is less than electrical power Wc supplied to the second heat generating block.
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