| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simultaneously pursuit stable coating of lubricant to an interior surface of an endless belt over a long period of time and stability in meandering (siding) control over a long period of time. SOLUTION: An image heating apparatus includes a heating rotating body for heating an image on recording material, the endless belt for forming a nip part between the heating rotating body and the belt, a supporting member for supporting the belt and controlling siding in the width direction of the belt and a fixed pressurizing member for pressurizing the belt in the nip part to the side of the heating rotating body. The image heating apparatus also includes a supplying means for supplying the lubricant to the interior surface of the belt in a position which is on the more downstream side of the supporting member and on the more upstream side of the pressurizing member in the moving direction of the belt and a recovering means which recovers the lubricant in the interior surface of the belt on the more downstream side of the pressurizing member and on the more upstream side of the supporting member in the moving direction of the belt. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |
