An image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording
material is constituted by a roller contactable with a toner image
carrying surface of the recording material; a heating member for heating
the roller, the heating member contacting a surface of the roller,
wherein the toner image formed on the recording material is heated in
contact with the roller; and a driving mechanism for moving the heating
member to a first position contacting the roller and a second position,
contacting the roller different from the first position with respect to a
tangential direction of the roller.