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| 20080246829 | HEATING UNIT, ERASING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION ERASING AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A heating unit is disclosed that heats a heat-sensitive medium. The heating unit includes a heat generating body that converts electric energy into heat energy; a fixed member to which the heat generating body is fixed; and a holding member that directly holds the fixed member while contacting at least a part of the fixed member. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20100194839 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus includes: a scanner which detects a side of a sheet on which an image is formed using a thermally decolorable coloring agent; a heat roller which provides heat for the sheet having the image formed thereon; and a controller which causes a quantity of heat provided for the sheet from the heat roller when an image forming side detected by the scanner does not face the heat roller to be greater than a quantity of heat provided for the sheet from the heat roller when the image forming side faces the heat roller. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100289861 | ERASING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND ERASING METHOD - An erasing device includes a line scanner on an upstream side in a recording medium conveying direction, includes a thermal head downstream in the recording medium conveying direction of the line scanner, and includes a platen in a position opposed to the thermal head as a heating device across a recording medium conveying path. The erasing device causes the heat generating elements of the thermal head in positions corresponding to color and density sensors in positions of an image detected by the line scanner to generate heat. The erasing device controls, according to detected colors or density, a quantity of heat to be generated. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100315475 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS FOR ERASING IMAGE ON SHEET WHILE CARRYING SHEET - An image erasing apparatus includes: a first carrying section carrying a recording medium; a second carrying section carrying the recording medium; a branching section branching a carrying path into the first carrying section and the second carrying section; a first erasing section erasing an image of the recording medium in the first carrying section; a second erasing section erasing the image of the recording medium in the second carrying section; a third carrying section carrying the recording medium passing through the first erasing section to the second carrying section; and a control section selecting the carrying path of the recording medium depending on an image erasing mode. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100321456 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD - An image erasing apparatus includes an inlet receiving recording mediums sheet by sheet, a door key limiting the opening of a security box, an overlap feed sensor sensing the overlap feed of the recording mediums, plural size sensors sensing the sizes of the recording mediums, a movable tray on which the recording mediums input from the inlet are placed, a recovery box disposed below the movable tray to recover the recording mediums, and a recording medium carrying mechanism carrying the recording mediums. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321457 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING METHOD FOR IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus includes: a paper feeding tray configured to feed a recording medium; a sensor group including a double-feed detection sensor configured to detect double feed of the recording medium and a media sensor configured to detect the thickness of the recording medium; a recording-medium collecting device, a collection box, or a discharge box configured to collect the recording medium; and a recording-medium conveying device connecting the paper feeding tray, the sensor group, and the recording-medium collecting device, the collection box, or the discharge box on a straight line. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110001787 | DEVICE FOR ERASING USED INK RIBBON - A device for erasing a used ink ribbon comprises a heater. The heater is provided on a dye layer side of the ink ribbon at the downstream of a printing apparatus and contacts with the dye layer of the ink ribbon. The information remaining on the used ink ribbon can be erased through directly melting and eliminating the dye on the ink ribbon by the heater. The present invention makes the recycle of the used ink ribbon be safer and more reliable, and effectively prevent confidential or private information from being divulged by the discarded used ink ribbon. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110037820 | ERASE AND WRITING CONTINUOUS FOR ERASABLE MEDIA - An imaging device includes an input for supplying an erasable medium to the imaging device, the erasable medium comprising at least one of an imaged and a non-imaged erasable medium The imaging device further includes an erase subsystem comprising active and inactive states, the erase subsystem erasing an imaged erasable medium in an active state, a cooling subsystem for selectively cooling an erased medium, and a write subsystem for imaging a received medium. The device further includes a user interface for configuring the imaging device and a sensor for detecting the type of input medium. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037821 | ERASE DECOUPLED FROM WRITING FOR ERASABLE PAPER - An erasable media imaging device includes an input for supplying erasable media to the imaging device, the erasable media being one of an imaged erasable medium and a non-imaged erasable medium. An erase subsystem is provided for erasing an imaged erasable medium and a write subsystem is provided for imaging a non-imaged erasable medium, the erase subsystem and function decoupled from the write subsystem and function. In a corresponding method, one of an imaged erasable medium and a non-imaged erasable medium are supplied to the imaging device. The method further includes selecting only one of an erase mode and a write mode, the erase mode decoupled from the write mode, erasing an imaged erasable medium in the erase mode, and imaging the non-imaged erasable medium in the write mode. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110063393 | PRINTER AND METHOD FOR RECORDING/ERASING IMAGE - A printer prints on a recording medium having a recording surface whose visible image is recordable and erasable by the assignment of heat energy, and the recording medium has a wireless communicable IC inlet therein. The printer includes a guide conveying unit configured to convey the recording medium along a guide path, an image recording/erasing unit configured to record and erase a visible image by assigning heat energy of a thermal print head to the recording surface of the recording medium, and a control unit configured to control the image recording/erasing unit so as to assign a first temperature to a region where the IC inlet is not arranged, and so as to assign a second temperature higher than the first temperature to a region where the IC inlet is arranged when a visible image is erased. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110074901 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING METHOD FOR IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus includes: a paper feeding tray configured to feed a recording medium; a sensor group including a double-feed detection sensor configured to detect double feed of the recording medium and a media sensor configured to detect the thickness of the recording medium; a collecting device configured to drop the recording medium in the vertical direction and collect the recording medium; and a recording-medium conveying device configured to convey the recording medium. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110090296 | IMAGE ERASING METHOD AND IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus including: a semiconductor laser array in which a plurality of semiconductor laser light sources are linearly aligned; a width direction collimating unit provided on an output surface of the semiconductor laser array, and configured to collimate, in a width direction, broadening of laser beams emitted from the semiconductor laser array so as to form a linear beam; and a length direction light distribution controlling unit configured to control a length of a major axis of the linear beam to be longer than a length of a major axis of an emission part of the semiconductor laser array, and to attain uniform light distribution in the length direction of the linear beam; wherein the linear beam, which has the major axis whose length is longer than the length of the major axis of the emission part of the semiconductor laser array and uniform light distribution in the length direction thereof, is to be applied to and heat a thermoreversible recording medium, in which any of transparency and color tone thereof reversibly changes depending on temperature, so as to erase an image recorded on the thermoreversible recording medium. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110149007 | WRITING ERASABLE PAPER USING THERMAL PRINTHEAD AND UV ILLUMINATION - A system for imaging erasable media includes a thermal print head on a first side of an erasable medium and a UV illumination source opposing the thermal print head and on a second side of the erasable medium. The thermal print head locally heats the erasable medium at a pixel level and the UV illumination source images the erasable medium only at the locally heated regions thereof. Thus the normal roles of uniformly heating the media and imaging with the UV source are reversed | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110211033 | ERASING APPARATUS, PAPER POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING AND ERASING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD IN THE ERASING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment of the present invention, an erasing apparatus includes a used sheet stacking tray, an image erasing unit, a stand-by tray, a stand-by tray driving unit, and an erased sheet stacking tray. The used sheet stacking tray stacks thereon a used sheet on which an image is formed using an erasable colorant of which a color is erased by a predetermined heating process. The image erasing unit performs the heating for the used sheet which is received one by one from the used sheet stacking tray and discharges an erased sheet from which the image formed on the used sheet is erased. The stand-by tray has a mechanism which can be driven in a predetermined direction and places thereon the erased sheet discharged by the image erasing unit. The stand-by tray driving unit drives the stand-by tray and enables the erased sheet to free-drop. The erased sheet stacking tray is disposed under the stand-by tray and stacks thereon the erased sheet which free-drops from the stand-by tray. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110216145 | PRINTER, METHOD FOR RELEASING PRESSURE CONTACT OF HEATING BODY - A printer includes a conveying unit for conveying a rewritable printing medium toward a discharging portion along a conveying path, and the rewritable printing medium is erasable and printable by applying heat energy to the rewritable printing medium. The printer further includes an erasing unit including a heating body for erasing print of the rewritable printing medium by pressing the heating body to be in pressure contact with the rewritable printing medium, a printing unit for printing the rewritable printing medium, a determination unit for determining whether an abnormality occurs in conveyance of the rewritable printing medium, and a control unit for controlling at least one of the erasing unit and the conveying unit for releasing the pressure contact of the heating body on the rewritable printing medium, if the determination unit determines that an abnormality occurs. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110221848 | RECORDING MEDIUM SORTING APPARATUS, ERASING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM SORTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an erasing apparatus includes: a recording medium sorting apparatus including a first conveyance guide having a curvature radius smaller than curvature radiuses of all curved surfaces present in a downstream direction in a recording medium conveying path, a second conveyance guide forming the recording medium conveying path in conjunction with the first conveyance guide and set to be capable of opening and closing the recording medium conveying path, and a displacing device configured to open and close the second conveyance guide; and a control unit. If the control unit determines that a jam occurs in the recording medium sorting apparatus, the control unit opens the second conveyance guide to collect a recording medium that causes the jam. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221849 | RECORDING MEDIUM REMOVING APPARATUS, ERASING APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM REMOVING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an erasing apparatus including a recording medium removing apparatus includes: a thickness determining unit configured to determine whether the thickness of a recording medium is equal to or larger than a first threshold, a conveyance guide forming a conveying path for the recording medium; a conveyance guide displacing device configured to lift the conveyance guide if the thickness determining device determines that the thickness of the recording medium is equal to or larger than the first threshold, and a removing mechanism configured to remove, from a recording medium conveying path, the recording medium determined as unconveyable. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221850 | RECORDING MEDIUM REMOVING APPARATUS, ERASING APPARATUS, CUTTING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM REMOVING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an erasing apparatus including a recording medium removing apparatus includes: a thickness sensor configured to change an output signal according to the thickness of a recording medium; a recording medium conveying mechanism configured to convey the recording medium; a recording medium removing mechanism provided downstream in a recording medium conveying direction of the thickness sensor and configured to remove the recording medium in a direction perpendicular to the recording medium conveying direction; a control unit configured to remove, if the control unit determines that the recording medium is unconveyable, the recording medium from a recording medium conveying path with the recording medium removing mechanism; and a heating roller configured to heat the recording medium to temperature equal to or higher than erasing temperature. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221851 | PRINT STATE DETECTING DEVICE FOR PRINTED SHEET SURFACE, ERASING APPARATUS, AND PRINT STATE DETECTION METHOD FOR PRINTED SHEET SURFACE - There is provided a print state detection device for a printed sheet surface including a sheet conveying path on which a sheet printed with an image is conveyed, a contact member that contacts with the surface of the sheet moving on the sheet conveying path, a contact state detecting part that detects a physical phenomenon occurring when the contact member contacts with the sheet, a separating part that separates the difference in the physical phenomenon occurring when the contact member comes into contact with the ground of the sheet surface and when the contact member comes into contact with an image, based on detection information obtained by the detection of the contact state detecting part, and a print state determining part that determines the print state of an image on one sheet based on separation information obtained by the separation by the separating part. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221852 | Printing Sheet Reusability Determination Device, Erasing Device, Image Forming Device, and Printing Sheet Reusability Determination Method - A printing sheet reusability determination device includes a sheet carrying path that carries a second state sheet obtained by erasing an erasable image from a first state sheet on which the erasable image is printed, an imaging portion that images the second state sheet on the sheet carrying path, an illumination portion that illuminates the second state sheet on the sheet carrying path at a first irradiation angle when images remaining on the second state sheet are photographed, and at a second irradiation angle smaller than the first irradiation angle when a projected image generated by illuminating the second state sheet is photographed, an irradiation angle changing portion that changes the first irradiation angle and the second irradiation angle, and a reusability determination portion that determines whether or not to reuse the second state sheet based on imaging information obtained by the imaging of the imaging portion at the first irradiation angle and determines whether or not to reuse the second state sheet based on imaging information obtained by the imaging of the imaging portion at the second irradiation angle. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221853 | DEVICE DETECTING CURL OF SHEET AND IMAGE ERASING DEVICE - There is provided a device detecting curling of a sheet, the device including a first guide member carrying the sheet; a second guide member including a carriage path that is broader than the carriage path of the first guide member and accepting the curling of the sheet; and sensors with detection ranges into which a portion of the curling of the sheet enters, in the carriage path of the second guide member. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110234735 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus includes: a supply unit which supplies a recording medium; a collection unit which collects the recording medium supplied by the supply unit; plural carrying roller pairs which carry the recording medium supplied by the supply unit, toward the collection unit; a detection unit which acquires information about a metallic foreign matter adhering to the recording medium; a heating unit which heats the recording medium to a color erasing temperature of a developer or higher; and a carrying control unit which decelerates a rotation speed of the plural carrying roller pairs from a first speed to a second speed when the information about the metallic foreign matter is acquired by the detection unit. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234736 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETERMINING FOREIGN MATTER ATTACHED TO RECORDING MEDIUM SUPPLIED TO IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus includes: a supply unit that supplies a recording medium; a recovery unit that recovers the recording medium supplied by the supply unit; a plurality of pairs of carrying rollers that carry the recording medium supplied by the supply unit toward the recovery unit; a detecting unit that acquires information regarding foreign matter made of metal attached to the recording medium; a heating unit that heats the recording medium to a temperature equal to or higher than a color-erasing temperature of a developer; and a carriage control unit that reduces a rotation speed of the plurality of pairs of rollers from a first speed to a second speed when the detecting unit acquires the information regarding the foreign matter made of metal. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110261133 | DECOLORING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DECOLORING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a decoloring apparatus includes: a heating rotating member having roughness (Rz) of a surface, which comes into contact with a conveyed sheet, equal to or larger than 3.5 μm and equal to or smaller than 6.0 μm and configured to heat and decolor a decolorable colorant on the sheet; and a pressing member configured to come into press contact with the heating rotating member to form a nip section between the pressing member and the heating rotating member and cooperate with the heating rotating member to nip and convey the sheet. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110292153 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided an image forming apparatus, including an accommodation unit, an image forming unit, an image reading unit, an image erasing unit, a first medium processing unit, and a second medium processing unit. The first medium processing unit forms the image on the recording medium carried from the accommodation unit and discharges the recording medium on which the image is formed, based on the setting of a first image process mode. The second medium processing unit forms a test image on the recording medium carried from the accommodation unit, reads the test image, erases the test image, and returns the recording medium to the accommodation unit, based on a setting of a second image process mode. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120038732 | DECOLORING APPARATUS AND SHEET TRANSPORT CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a decoloring apparatus including: an image reading unit; a decoloring processing unit; a transmission unit which transmits image data read by the image reading unit to a predetermined management apparatus; a receiving unit which receives a result of determination processing performed on the side of the management apparatus for the sheet from which the image data was read, based on the image data transmitted by the transmission unit; and a transport control unit which controls sheet transport time intervals for secondly or later transported sheets based on a time period from transmission of the image data of a firstly transported sheet by the transmission unit until receiving of the determination result for the firstly transported sheet by the receiving unit if the image reading unit is caused to sequentially read images on three or more sheets. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038733 | DECOLORING APPARATUS TO CONTINUOUSLY ERASE IMAGES OF SHEETS, DECOLORING SYSTEM AND PAPER FEEDING METHOD OF DECOLORING APPARATUS - A decoloring apparatus includes a conveyance path, a paper feeding part, a reading part, a communication part, a decoloring part and a control part. The conveyance path conveys a sheet to respective parts in the apparatus. The paper feeding part feeds a sheet on which an image is formed by a decolorable colorant to the conveyance path from a sheet stack part. The reading part is provided downstream of the paper feeding part in the conveyance path and reads the image of the sheet. The communication part transmits read image data of a preceding sheet to a management apparatus communicably connected to the decoloring apparatus and receives a determination result of a conveyance destination of the preceding sheet obtained by the management apparatus based on the image data. The decoloring part is provided downstream of the reading part in the conveyance path and erases the image of the sheet. After the communication part receives the determination result of the conveyance destination of the preceding sheet obtained by the management apparatus, the control part conveys the preceding sheet subjected to reading to the determined conveyance destination, and reads an image of a subsequent sheet by the reading part so that a leading edge of the subsequent sheet does not collide with a trailing edge of the preceding sheet. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120056962 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image erasing apparatus decolors an image printed on a paper sheet using an ink containing at least a leuco dye, a developer, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a surfactant. The image erasing apparatus includes a heating unit, a feedback mechanism, and a control unit. The heating unit heats the paper sheet. The feedback mechanism supplies the paper sheet heated by the heating unit to the heating unit again. The control unit causes the feedback mechanism to supply the paper sheet to the heating unit a plurality of times so as to heat the paper sheet a plurality of times. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120162340 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a laser unit that has a function to emit a laser light to heat a thermal rewritable recording medium to write a drawing on the thermal rewritable recording medium and to erase a drawing written on the thermal rewritable recording medium by heating the thermal rewritable recording medium; and an erasing data generating unit that generates erasing data indicative of a position of an erasing area corresponding to a part of the thermal rewritable recording medium, the laser unit erasing the drawing written on the erasing area of the thermal rewritable recording medium based on the erasing data generated by the erasing data generating unit. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120188324 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS, ERASING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a sheet conveying apparatus includes: a guide section that forms a one side guide surface of a sheet conveying path, the guide section having a first guide member and a second guide member which are continuously arranged from a conveying direction upstream side to a conveying direction downstream side, at least one of the first guide member and the second guide member being a guide member that rotates to open and close; and a joint section that forms an uneven joint with a conveying direction downstream side end of the first guide member and a conveying direction upstream side end of the second guide member, the downstream side end of the first guide member being arranged further on an inner side than the upstream side end of the second guide member with respect to the sheet conveying path if at least one of the first guide member and the second guide member is closed. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120212556 | REWRITABLE PRINTER - In a rewritable printer of one embodiment which reprints information on a rewritable paper with a thermal print system after erasing by heat information printed on the rewritable paper and discharges it to the outside of the printer through a paper issue port, the printer includes an auxiliary guide having a smooth surface, provided at the paper issue port, to guide the rewritable paper, on which information is reprinted, discharged to the outside. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120306982 | COLOR ERASING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a color erasing apparatus includes a color erasing section which erases a color of an image formed with an erasable color material on a sheet conveyed at first speed, a reading section which reads an image on the surface of the sheet conveyed at second speed higher than the first speed, a first conveying section, and a second conveying section. The first conveying section includes a first conveying roller arranged downstream in a sheet conveying direction of the color erasing section and conveys the sheet at the first speed. The second conveying section includes a second conveying roller arranged upstream in the sheet conveying direction of the reading section and in a position where the second conveying roller nips the conveyed sheet simultaneously with the first conveying roller. The second conveying section conveys the sheet to the reading section at the second speed. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306983 | ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD - In general, according to an embodiment, an erasing section erases the image on the sheet. A first conveying path conveys the sheet fed from a sheet feeding section and is provided with a reading section and a discharge section downstream of the reading section in a sheet conveying direction. A second conveying path is branched from the first conveying path downstream of the reading section in the sheet conveying direction and upstream of the discharge section in the sheet conveying direction. The second conveying path merges with the first conveying path upstream of the reading section in the sheet conveying direction and is provided with the erasing section. A sorting member, which is located at a branch point at which the second conveying path is branched from the first conveying path. A recording section is located on the first conveying path and records count information indicative of an erase count. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306984 | SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND ERASING DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a sheet discharging device includes: a first conveying path configured to guide a sheet to be conveyed; a second conveying path branched from the first conveying path at a branch point of the first conveying path; a sorting section configured to sort a sheet being conveyed on the first conveying path into either a downstream side of the branch point on the first conveying path or the second conveying path; a first discharge tray configured to receive a sheet discharged from the first conveying path at a first sheet loading surface; and a second discharge tray placed below the first discharge tray and configured to receive a sheet discharged from the second conveying path at a second sheet loading surface whose distance to the first sheet loading surface increases toward a downstream side thereof in a sheet discharging direction. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306985 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a first conveying path to form a conveying path from a sheet supply portion toward an ejector, a reader arranged on the first conveying path to read an image on a surface of the sheet, an erasure to erase the image on the sheet formed with image erasable material, a switching portion arranged on the first conveying path at a downstream side of the reader in a sheet conveying direction to switch the sheet conveying direction to a direction of the ejector or a direction of the erasure, and a second conveying path having the erasure which, at a position where the switching portion is arranged, branches from the first conveying path at the downstream side of the reader and merges with the first conveying path at a meeting point between the sheet supply portion and the reader. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130002782 | ERASING APPARATUS FOR SHEET AND ERASING METHOD FOR SHEET - According to one embodiment, an erasing apparatus for a sheet includes a conveying path configured to convey a sheet on which an image is formed with a coloring agent that is erased by heating, a first erasing section including, on an upstream side of the conveying path, a first heating member provided on one surface side of the sheet and a first rotating roller provided to be opposed to the first heating member, and a second erasing section including, on a downstream side of the first erasing section, a second heating member provided on the other surface side of the sheet and a second rotating roller provided to be opposed to the second heating member. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002783 | ERASING APPARATUS AND ERASING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an erasing apparatus includes a paper feeding unit configured to feed a sheet having an image recorded, an erasing unit including a pressing roller and a heater that has a shape following the outer circumference of the pressing roller and includes a contact area with the pressing roller, the erasing unit being configured to erase the image formed on the sheet fed to a contact section of the pressing roller and the heater from the paper feeding unit, a temperature detecting unit configured to detect the temperature of the heater, a controller configured to control the heater according to the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit, and a paper discharge unit configured to discharge the sheet on which the image is erased by the erasing unit. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002784 | METHOD FOR COLOR ERASING PROCESS AND COLOR ERASING DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a method for color erasing process includes the steps of : supplying a power to a heat source configured to heat a sheet having an image formed thereon using a color erasable material so as to cause heat generation as warming-up control; stopping the power supply to the heat source for a predetermined period of time in the warming-up control if the temperature of the heat source is increased starting from a temperature lower than a predetermined reference value that is lower than a color erasing temperature of the color erasable material and exceeds the predetermined reference value; performing maintenance control that is power supply control to maintain the temperature of the heat source at the target temperature; and performing, after the passage of the predetermined period of time, a color erasing process by the heat source. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002785 | ERASING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND ERASING METHOD - An erasing device includes a line scanner on an upstream side in a recording medium conveying direction, includes a thermal head downstream in the recording medium conveying direction of the line scanner, and includes a platen in a position opposed to the thermal head as a heating device across a recording medium conveying path. The erasing device causes the heat generating elements of the thermal head in positions corresponding to color and density sensors in positions of an image detected by the line scanner to generate heat. The erasing device controls, according to detected colors or density, a quantity of heat to be generated. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130010046 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus includes: a supply unit which supplies a recording medium; a collection unit which collects the recording medium supplied by the supply unit; plural carrying roller pairs which carry the recording medium supplied by the supply unit, toward the collection unit; a detection unit which acquires information about a metallic foreign matter adhering to the recording medium; a heating unit which heats the recording medium to a color erasing temperature of a developer or higher; and a carrying control unit which decelerates a rotation speed of the plural carrying roller pairs from a first speed to a second speed when the information about the metallic foreign matter is acquired by the detection unit. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130057633 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS FOR ERASING IMAGE ON SHEET WHILE CARRYING SHEET - An image erasing apparatus includes: a first carrying section carrying a recording medium; a second carrying section carrying the recording medium; a branching section branching a carrying path into the first carrying section and the second carrying section; a first erasing section erasing an image of the recording medium in the first carrying section; a second erasing section erasing the image of the recording medium in the second carrying section; a third carrying section carrying the recording medium pas sing through the first erasing section to the second carrying section; and a control section selecting the carrying path of the recording medium depending on an image erasing mode. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130229476 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING METHOD FOR IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus includes: a paper feeding tray configured to feed a recording medium; a sensor group including a double-feed detection sensor configured to detect double feed of the recording medium and a media sensor configured to detect the thickness of the recording medium; a recording-medium collecting device, a collection box, or a discharge box configured to collect the recording medium; and a recording-medium conveying device connecting the paper feeding tray, the sensor group, and the recording-medium collecting device, the collection box, or the discharge box on a straight line. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229477 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS FOR ERASING IMAGE ON SHEET WHILE CARRYING SHEET - An image erasing apparatus includes: a first carrying section carrying a recording medium; a second carrying section carrying the recording medium; a branching section branching a carrying path into the first carrying section and the second carrying section; a first erasing section erasing an image of the recording medium in the first carrying section; a second erasing section erasing the image of the recording medium in the second carrying section; a third carrying section carrying the recording medium passing through the first erasing section to the second carrying section; and a control section selecting the carrying path of the recording medium depending on an image erasing mode. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130242023 | DECOLORING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF DECOLORING SYSTEM - A decoloring system has a scanner that reads an image on a paper sheet and generates image data; a first roller that applies heat on the paper sheet to decolor the image on the paper sheet; a heater that heats the roller; a first transporting mechanism that transports the paper sheet having the image to the scanner; a second transporting mechanism that transports the paper sheet via the first transporting mechanism to the heater; an operation panel that receives a read condition of the image as input by a user; and a controller that determines an operating condition of the heater, and a transporting speed of the paper sheet by the first transporting mechanism and the second transporting mechanism on the basis of the image read condition input by the user through the operation panel. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242024 | ERASING APPARATUS AND DECOLORING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an erasing apparatus comprises a conveying unit that transports a sheet on which a color is developed by a developing material and a decoloring unit that comprises a heating unit that heats up the sheet to decolor the color. The heating unit has a variable heat quantity output to enable rapid warm up of the apparatus, but reduce energy waste during decoloring. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242025 | IMAGE ERASING DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS - An image erasing device includes first and second erasing sections. The first erasing section includes a first heating roller and a first pressing roller. The first heating roller and the first pressing roller are disposed on opposite sides of a conveying path. The first heating roller is configured to contact a first side of the sheet. The second erasing section is disposed downstream from the first erasing section, and includes a second heating roller and a second pressing roller. The second heating roller and the second pressing roller are disposed on opposite sides of the conveying path. The second heating roller is configured to contact a second side of the sheet. At least one of the second heating roller and the second pressing roller has a diameter smaller than one of a diameter of the first heating roller and a diameter of the first pressing roller. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130242026 | DECOLORIZING DEVICE AND DECOLORIZATION CONDITION SETTING METHOD - A decolorizing device includes a paper feed unit that feeds a sheet, on which an image has been formed using a color-erasable colorant, into a conveying path. A decolorization unit conveys the sheet fed by the paper feed unit into the conveying path while heating the sheet to a prescribed heat source setting temperature to decolorize the image on the sheet. A scanner reads and electronically processes the image and outputs an image density before and after decolorizing. A reject determination part determines the sheet, on which the image remains, as a reject sheet based on the image density after decolorizing. For the sheet determined as a reject sheet by the reject determination unit, when it is determined that the image density after decolorizing is lower than the image density before decolorizing, a decolorization condition setting part controls the heat source setting temperature in the decolorization unit to be higher. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130250025 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS RESPONDING TO REQUEST DURING USE OF ERASABLE INK - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit configured to form an image with erasable first ink; a second image forming unit configured to share a conveying path with the first image forming unit and form an image with not erasable second ink; a recording unit configured to record a level of use of a recording medium on the recording medium; a detecting unit configured to detect the level of use; and a control unit configured to control the first image forming unit or the second image forming unit according to a detection result of the detecting unit. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130258026 | DECOLORING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF DECOLORING SYSTEM - A decoloring system has a scanner that reads an image on a paper sheet and generates image data; a first roller that applies heat on the paper sheet to decolor the image on the paper sheet; a heater that heats the roller; a first transporting mechanism that transports the paper sheet to the scanner; a second transporting mechanism that transports the paper sheet via the first transporting mechanism to the heater; and a controller that determines the operating condition of the heater and the transporting speed of the paper sheet on the basis of a specific code or a printing set-up printed on the paper sheet. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258027 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD - An image erasing apparatus comprising: a scanning unit; a memory unit; a erasing unit; a first conveying unit includes a first conveying direction as a conveying direction of the sheet; a storage unit that stores the sheet which is scanned by the scanning unit and is not conveyed to the erasing unit by the first conveyance unit; a second conveyance unit that once conveys the sheet from the first conveying unit to the storage unit, then return the sheet to the first conveyance unit; and an interface unit that displays the image data stored in the memory unit and receives an instruction from a user, when the instruction for erasure is received, the interface unit operates the first conveyance unit and the second conveyance unit so as to conveys to the erasing unit, the sheet stored in the storage unit. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130271547 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - According to an embodiment, an image forming device has a printing unit for printing an image on a sheet, a holding unit for holding the sheet that has been printed by the printing unit, a recovery unit for recovering the sheet from the holding unit, an erasing unit for erasing the image on the sheet recovered by the recovery unit, and a control unit configured to command the recovery unit to recover the sheet held by the holding unit if a predetermined condition is met. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130278700 | IMAGE ERASING AND RECORDING MEDIUM HEATING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus comprises a first heating transporting member that includes a first heating member and a first pressing member that forms a first nip with the first heating member. The image erasing apparatus further comprises a second heating transporting member arranged downstream from the first heating transporting member, the second heating transporting member including a second heating member and a second pressing member that forms a second nip with the second heating member. In the image erasing apparatus, the recording medium is transported from the first heating transport member in an exit direction different from a direction of insertion into the first nip, and the second heating transporting member is arranged at a position such that the second nip is located in the exit direction. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278701 | DECOLORING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DECOLORING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a decoloring apparatus includes: a heating rotating member having roughness (Rz) of a surface, which comes into contact with a conveyed sheet, equal to or larger than 3.5 μm and equal to or smaller than 6.0 μm and configured to heat and decolor a decolorable colorant on the sheet; and a pressing member configured to come into press contact with the heating rotating member to form a nip section between the pressing member and the heating rotating member and cooperate with the heating rotating member to nip and convey the sheet. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130293660 | ERASING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ERASING - An image erasing apparatus includes a heating member and a pressure member positioned adjacent one another, such that a sheet having an erasable image thereon maybe passed between the heating member and the pressure member with the pressure member pressing the image on the sheet against the heating member, and a separation member positioned adjacent to the heating member and adjacent to a portion of a transport path of a sheet to be erased in the erasing apparatus. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130342624 | COLOR ERASING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a color erasing apparatus includes a color erasing section which erases a color of an image formed with an erasable color material on a sheet conveyed at first speed, a reading section which reads an image on the surface of the sheet conveyed at second speed higher than the first speed, a first conveying section, and a second conveying section. The first conveying section includes a first conveying roller arranged downstream in a sheet conveying direction of the color erasing section and conveys the sheet at the first speed. The second conveying section includes a second conveying roller arranged upstream in the sheet conveying direction of the reading section and in a position where the second conveying roller nips the conveyed sheet simultaneously with the first conveying roller. The second conveying section conveys the sheet to the reading section at the second speed. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140015913 | DEVICE DETECTING CURL OF SHEET AND IMAGE ERASING DEVICE - There is provided a device detecting curling of a sheet, the device including a first guide member carrying the sheet; a second guide member including a carriage path that is broader than the carriage path of the first guide member and accepting the curling of the sheet; and sensors with detection ranges into which a portion of the curling of the sheet enters, in the carriage path of the second guide member. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140055545 | ERASING APPARATUS AND ERASING METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, an erasing apparatus includes a paper feed tray configured to feed a sheet, a reading unit configured to read an image on the sheet, an erasing unit configured to erase the image on the sheet, a cutting apparatus configured to cut the sheet allowed to be cut, a reject box configured to accumulate the sheet which is judged to be not-reusable and a control unit configured to judge the category of the sheet based on the output of the reading unit and change the conveyance destination of the sheet according to the category of the sheet. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055546 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a heating unit configured to heat an image formed on a sheet, and a control unit configured to control a temperature of the heating unit to be (i) above a first temperature when performing an image erasing operation on a first sheet supplied thereto, and (ii) below a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature when performing an image fixing operation on a second sheet supplied thereto. The control unit permits a first type of job to interrupt a currently-executing job while the image erasing operation is being performed and prohibits a second type of job from interrupting the currently-executing job while the image erasing operation is being performed. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140078234 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - To provide an image processing method including at least one of an image recording step and an image erasing step, wherein (1) laser beams are swept in the same direction and laser scanning involves a period where laser application is discontinued, (2) laser beams are swept in alternating directions and the laser scanning involves a period where laser application is discontinued, (3) laser beams are swept in alternating directions and laser scanning involves a period where laser application is discontinued, wherein the period involves no laser beam application from first laser scanning end point to second laser scanning point, or (4) laser beams are applied in alternating directions while avoiding continuous laser irradiation of nearby portions between adjacent laser beam lines, and laser scanning involves a period where laser application is discontinued. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140104362 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device has an image forming portion, a heating portion and a supplying portion. The image forming portion forms an image on a sheet. The heating portion heats the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming portion at a predetermined temperature, to thereby fix the image on the sheet. The supplying portion supplies the sheet on which an image is fixed previously. Further, the heating portion heats the sheet on which the image is fixed and which is supplied from the supplying portion at a temperature higher than the predetermined temperature to thereby remove the image. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140146122 | PRINTING DEVICE - A printing device may include a medium conveying passage along which the printing medium is conveyed; a printing thermal head structured to heat an ink ribbon; a ribbon supplying part; a ribbon winding part; an erasing thermal head disposed between the printing thermal head and the ribbon winding part in a feed direction of the ink ribbon, the erasing thermal head heating the ink ribbon after ink is transferred by the printing thermal head; a transferred roller oppositely disposed to the erasing thermal head and is transferred with ink of the ink ribbon heated by the erasing thermal head; and a roller holding part which holds the transferred roller. The transferred roller may be capable of being attached to and detached from the roller holding part. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140168341 | MULTI-FUNCTION SYSTEM FOR ERASING MEDIA PRINTED WITH THERMO-REACTIVE INK - What is disclosed is a multi-function system which receives media printed with ink having thermo-reactive properties and which processes the received media such that the ink becomes visually transparent. One embodiment of the present system comprises an input tray for receiving printed media into a transport path along which the media travels. A heating element resides in proximity to that transport path for changing a temperature T of the media to T≧T | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140192123 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image erasing apparatus includes an erasing unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The erasing unit erases an image formed on a recording medium. The input unit inputs identification data which identifies an apparatus which forms the image on the recording medium. The control unit controls an operation of the erasing unit based on the identification data input by the input unit. According to another embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit which forms an image on a recording medium, the erasing unit, the input unit, and the control unit. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192124 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus having an image forming function to form an image on a recording medium, and an image erasing function to erase an image formed on a recording medium is provided. The image forming apparatus has an erasing unit which erases the image formed on the recording medium under an erasing condition changeable in accordance with whether or not erasable coloring material used in the image formed on the recording medium is predetermined coloring material, when the image erasing function is performed. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192125 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image erasing apparatus that erases an image formed on a recording medium is provided. The image erasing apparatus includes an erasing unit that erases an image, a reading unit that reads a size of the recording medium, a classification device that classifies the erasing-processed recording medium, and a control unit. The control unit recognizes the size of the erasing-processed recording medium based on data about the size, and controls the classification device to classify each recording medium from which the image has been erased for each different size. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192126 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image erasing apparatus that erases an image printed on a sheet is provided. When it is determined that a sheet after an erasing process of the image is not reusable, the image erasing apparatus accommodates the sheet in a reject tray in a state where a face with a small information amount of the erased image is directed in a state direction. When it is determined that the sheet after the erasing process of the image is not reusable, the image erasing apparatus accommodates the sheet in a reuse tray in a state where a face with a large information amount of the erased image is directed in the state direction. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192127 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to the above-described embodiment, provided is an image forming apparatus that has an image forming function of forming an image on a recording medium and an erasing function of erasing an image formed on a recording medium. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a delivery unit, and an image erasing unit. The delivery unit delivers information requiring users to supply a recording medium having an image formed thereon by an erasable color material to the apparatus. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192128 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING IMAGE ERASING FUNCTION - Provided are an image erasing apparatus which erases an image printed on a sheet and an image forming apparatus having an image erasing function. The image erasing apparatus and the image forming apparatus each include a readout unit, an erasing unit, and a control unit. The control unit acquires authentication information of a user who uses the apparatuses and allows the erasing unit to erase the image when determining that the acquired authentication information coincides with authentication information read out by the readout unit. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140204168 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus includes an erasing unit, a reading unit, and a control unit. The erasing unit erases an image formed in a recording medium. The reading unit reads control information included in the image. The control unit determines whether or not to erase the image using the erasing unit on the basis of date information included in the control information. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204169 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes a heating unit, first and second keeping units, and first and second transport units. The heating unit heats an image formed on a sheet. The first and second keeping units keep sheets. The first transport unit transports the sheet from the first keeping unit to the heating unit to form an image. The second transport unit transports the sheet from the second keeping unit to the heating unit by a transport distance shorter than a sheet transport distance of the first transport unit to erase the image. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140210930 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - According to the embodiments, there is provided an image forming apparatus and an image erasing apparatus. The image forming apparatus forms, on a recording medium, an image showing the color material information about the erasing temperatures of a plurality of erasable color materials used for forming an image to be printed together with the image to be printed. The image erasing apparatus heats the plurality of erasable color materials to the highest erasing temperature or higher in the different erasing temperatures of the erasable color materials forming the image printed on the recording medium in order to erase the erasable color materials forming the image. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140240432 | INK RIBBON CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An ink ribbon cartridge includes an ink ribbon onto which decolorizable ink is applied, a transfer unit configured to thermally transfer the decolorizable ink on the ink ribbon to a recording medium such that an image is formed on the recording medium as the ink ribbon is conveyed, and a heating unit configured to heat a portion of the ink ribbon that has passed the transfer unit when the image was formed on the recording medium, at a temperature at which the decolorizable ink is decolorized. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240433 | DEVICE FOR ERASING AND COOLING A SHEET - A device for erasing an image on a sheet includes a reading unit that reads an image formed on a sheet. An erasing unit erases the image formed on the sheet by heating the sheet after the sheet has passed through the reading unit. A conveyance path conveys the sheet from the erasing unit back to the reading unit. The conveyance path includes a curved portion between the erasing unit and the reading unit. A cooling unit cools the sheet which passes through the conveyance path. The cooling unit includes at least one fan that supplies cooling air generally along a sheet conveying direction. A rate of the cooling air supplied to an outer peripheral portion of the curved portion of the conveyance path is larger than a rate of the cooling air supplied to an inner peripheral portion of the curved portion of the conveyance path. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240434 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ERASING AND COOLING A SHEET - A device for erasing an image on a sheet according to an embodiment includes a reading unit that reads an image formed on the sheet. An erasing unit erases the image formed on the sheet by heating the sheet. A conveyance path for the sheet between the reading unit and the erasing unit is formed guide plates arranged in an opposed manner. A cooling unit cools the sheet which passes through the conveyance path and includes at least one fan that supplies cooling air generally along a sheet conveying direction. A plurality of slits is formed in each of the guide plates such that cooling air from the at least one fan flows through the slits into the conveyance path. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140240435 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image erasing apparatus includes an erasing unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The erasing unit erases an image formed on a recording medium. The input unit inputs identification data which identifies an apparatus which forms the image on the recording medium. The control unit controls an operation of the erasing unit based on the identification data input by the input unit. According to another embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit which forms an image on a recording medium, the erasing unit, the input unit, and the control unit. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140285605 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a first conveying path to form a conveying path from the sheet supply portion toward the ejector, a reader arranged on the first conveying path to read an image on a surface of the sheet, an erasure to erase the image on the sheet formed with image erasable material, a switching portion arranged on the first conveying path at a downstream side of the reader in a sheet conveying direction to switch the sheet conveying direction to a direction of the ejector or a direction of the erasure, and a second conveying path having the erasure which, at a position where the switching portion is arranged, branches from the first conveying path at the downstream side of the reader and merges with the first conveying path at a meeting point between the sheet supply portion and the reader. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140285606 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD - A method for uniformly erasing an image recorded on a thermo-reversible recording medium. The image erasing apparatus includes an LD array, which emits a laser light whose cross section has a line shape; optics which include at least one cylindrical lens which converts, into a converging light which converges in a width direction, a line-shaped laser light which is emitted from the LD array and emits the converging light; and a mono-axial galvano mirror which deflects the laser light emitted from the optics in the width direction to scan the deflected laser light onto the thermo-reversible recording medium. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140300678 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a first conveying path to form a conveying path from the sheet supply portion toward the ejector, a reader arranged on the first conveying path to read an image on a surface of the sheet, an erasure to erase the image on the sheet formed with image erasable material, a switching portion arranged on the first conveying path at a downstream side of the reader in a sheet conveying direction to switch the sheet conveying direction to a direction of the ejector or a direction of the erasure, and a second conveying path having the erasure which, at a position where the switching portion is arranged, branches from the first conveying path at the downstream side of the reader and merges with the first conveying path at a meeting point between the sheet supply portion and the reader. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140300679 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a first conveying path to form a conveying path from the sheet supply portion toward the ejector, a reader arranged on the first conveying path to read an image on a surface of the sheet, an erasure to erase the image on the sheet formed with image erasable material, a switching portion arranged on the first conveying path at a downstream side of the reader in a sheet conveying direction to switch the sheet conveying direction to a direction of the ejector or a direction of the erasure, and a second conveying path having the erasure which, at a position where the switching portion is arranged, branches from the first conveying path at the downstream side of the reader and merges with the first conveying path at a meeting point between the sheet supply portion and the reader. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140320580 | HEAT SOURCE UNIT AND ERASING APPARATUS USING THE HEAT SOURCE UNIT - A heat source opening and closing mechanism, around a rotation shaft of which a plurality of spring members are wound, is opened and closed an outside unit including a first heating member and a second press roller against an inside unit including a second heating member and a first press roller. The heat source opening and closing mechanism is opened and closed among a closed position where the first press roller faces to the first heating member and the second press roller faces to the second heating member, a first open state in which the load by the outside unit is commensurate with a first elastic force of the spring member, and a second open state in which an opening angle is larger than that in the first open state. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140333706 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus comprises a feed section configured to feed a medium; an image forming section configured to form an image on the surface of the medium with a thermally erasable recording material or a recording material which is not thermally erasable; a heating section configured to heat the medium; a control section configured to conduct a control in a color erasing mode. The image forming apparatus also comprises a color erasing counter configured to count up, according to the size of the medium, the number of the mediums the color of which is thermally erased in the color erasing mode; and a print counter configured to count up, according to the size of the medium, the number of the mediums on which an image is fixed in the image formation mode. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140340460 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COLOR ERASING APPARATUS - a sheet processing apparatus comprises a main body side guiding module, a first movable module, a second movable module and a connection module. The main body side guiding module guides a sheet. The first movable module moves to a second position to open the conveyance path through motion from a first position opposite to the main body side guiding module, towards a first direction. The second movable module holds a detachable processing module for carrying out a given processing on the sheet, and moves integrally with the first movable module from the first position to the second position. The connection module connects the second movable module with the first movable module in such a manner that the second movable module can move to a third position to expose the processing module through motion from the second position in a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140340461 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTION SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTION SUPPORTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an environmental contribution supporting apparatus provided for a system including a printing apparatus and an erasing apparatus includes a duplex-reduction calculating unit, an aggregation-reduction calculating unit, a sheet-reduction-ratio calculating unit, a printing-state-character selecting unit, a sheet-reuse-ratio calculating unit, a reuse-state-character selecting unit, a sheet-reduction-message selecting unit, a sheet-reuse-message selecting unit, an advice setting unit, and a report creating unit configured to edit a character selected by the printing-state-character selecting unit, a character selected by the reuse-state-character selecting unit, and a message set by the advice setting unit into a predetermined form. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140362155 | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An environmental protection supporting apparatus comprises a storage section configured to store, based on the result of an erasing processing of heating a recording medium on which an image is formed with a color erasable coloring agent to erase the image formed thereon, the erasing log of the recording medium which is at least determined as reusable; a rejection information generation section configured to generate, based on the erasing log, rejection information obtained from the rejection of the reusable recording medium as environmental load reduction information; and a presenting section configured to display the environmental load reduction information on a display section. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150029286 | DECOLORING METHOD AND DECOLORING DEVICE - A decoloring device according to an embodiment comprises a decoloring unit configured to erase a first image formed with erasable colorant on a first side of a sheet and a second image formed with erasable colorant on a second side of the sheet, and a reading unit configured to read the first and second sides of the sheet and determine whether the first side and the second side are reusable. The decoloring device further comprises a single-side reusable paper tray configured to stack the sheet if the reading unit determines that only one of the first and second sides is reusable, and a reversing unit configured to reverse the sheet and discharge the sheet to the single-side reusable paper tray so that the one of the first and second side determined to be reusable is stacked on the single-side reusable paper tray in a predetermined orientation. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150054905 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a reading section configured to read an original; an information acquisition section configured to acquire color erasing times mark information specifying how to print a color erasing times mark, which is printed when a sheet on which an image is formed with a color-erasable image forming material is subjected to a color erasing processing to represent the times of color erasing processing, on a sheet; a color erasing times mark detection section configured to detect a color erasing times mark contained in the image data based on the color erasing times mark information acquired by the information acquisition section; and an image processing section configured to generate image data from which the detected color erasing times mark is eliminated. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150116439 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read a mark formed on a sheet an erasing unit configured to erase an image formed on the sheet, and a control unit configured to determine the number of times an image on the sheet have been erased based on the mark, and cause a first sheet to be separated from a second sheet if an image on the first sheet has been erased a predetermined number of times and an image on the second sheet has been erased less than the predetermined number of times. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150130885 | MARKING APPARATUS AND COLOR ERASING APPARATUS - In accordance with an embodiment, the marking apparatus comprises a marking section configured to print, with a color erasable material, a mark in the margin area of a sheet and a marking control section configured to overprint, using the marking section, a mark at a specific position of the sheet every time an image is formed in the image printing area of the sheet with a color erasable material. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150306886 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus includes a decoloring unit for performing decoloring processing on a sheet. An image forming unit forms an image on a sheet using decolorable material. A reuse tray receives a sheet provided by a user. A processor determines whether a sheet is provided on the reuse tray. When it is determined that a sheet is provided on the reuse tray, the decoloring unit performs the decoloring processing on the sheet. The processor determines whether the sheet meets a predetermined usability condition. When it is determined that the sheet meets the predetermined condition, the image forming unit forms an image on the sheet. When the image forming unit forms an image on the sheet that is determined to meet the predetermined condition, the processor updates a rewards account of the user. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150336413 | CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND QUALITY DETERMINING METHOD OF CARTRIDGE - A cartridge comprises a housing configured to hold a color erasable material which is erasable by heating to a color erasing temperature. The cartridge further comprises a temperature sensing unit configured to detect a temperature of the housing and a recording section configured to record the detected temperature of the housing. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150343794 | DECOLORING APPARATUS FOR READING SHEET AFTER DECOLORING IMAGE - A decoloring apparatus includes a reading unit that reads a recording medium to generate a read result, a decoloring unit that decolors an image formed on the recording medium, and a control unit that determines a printable area of the recording medium based on the read result of the reading unit, and whether or not the image formed on the recording medium has been decolored. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150343808 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SHEETS - A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet conveying unit configured to convey sheets, a first scanning unit configured to scan a surface of each of the sheets conveyed by the sheet conveying unit, and generate a first image data for each of the sheets, an erasing unit configured to carry out an erasing process on the surface of each of the sheets conveyed from the first scanning unit, a second scanning unit configured to scan the surface of each of the sheets conveyed from the erasing unit, and generate a second image data for each of the sheets, and a control unit configured to cause the sheets to be sorted based on a difference between the first image data and the second image data thereof. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150343824 | COLOR ERASING APPARATUS - In accordance with one embodiment, a color erasing apparatus capable of erasing the color of an image formed with a color erasable material on a sheet comprises a color erasing section configured to erase the color of an image formed on the sheet; a control panel configured to set a reading area of the sheet; and a reading section configured to read the image of the area set on the sheet and determine the state of the image erased by the color erasing section. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150343826 | MARKING APPARATUS AND COLOR ERASING APPARATUS - In accordance with an embodiment, the marking apparatus comprises a marking section configured to print, with a color erasable material, a mark in the margin area of a sheet and a marking control section configured to overprint, using the marking section, a mark at a specific position of the sheet every time an image is formed in the image printing area of the sheet with a color erasable material. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150375554 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING AN IMAGE ON A MEDIUM USING A PLURALITY OF ERASABLE MATERIALS - An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a first image forming section configured to form an image on a recording medium with a non-erasable material, and a second image forming section configured to form an image on the recording medium with an erasable material. The image forming apparatus further comprises a control section configured to separate image data according to attributes of the image data into first image data to be printed on the recording medium in the first image forming section and second image data to be printed on the recording medium in the second image forming section. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160001572 | COLOR ERASING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ERASING SELECT COLORS - A color erasing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a color erasing unit that heats a recording medium having an image formed with a plurality of decolorable materials to a setting temperature. A controller sets the setting temperature of the color erasing unit to be lower than a highest color erasing temperature among plural color erasing temperatures of the plurality of decolorable materials, and to be equal to or higher than a lowest color erasing temperature among the plural erasing temperatures. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160009112 | DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND DETERMINATION METHOD FOR DETERMINING REUSABILITY OF SHEET | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160046140 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus which has a function of performing an erasing process of erasing an image formed on a recording medium and an image forming process of forming an image on the recording medium is provided. The image forming apparatus automatically performs the erasing process when a state where an operation panel does not receive a process request from a user continues during a predetermined time or more. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160067998 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit and a control unit. The image processing unit acquires information of a printing rate representing a ratio of an image printed on a sheet from the sheet. The control unit determines a decoloring temperature used for a decoloring process based on the acquired information of the printing rate. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160067999 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, ERASING APPARATUS, AND SHEET-REUSE SYSTEM INCLUDING THESE APPARATUSES - According to the embodiments, there is provided an erasing apparatus and an image-forming apparatus. The erasing apparatus prints a mark including printing information of a sheet before erasing processing on the sheet after erasing processing. The image-forming apparatus performs control such that an image to be printed is suppressed to be formed on an area on which a large number of images have been printed in the sheet before the erasing processing. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160068000 | ERASING APPARATUS AND SHEET SORTING METHOD - In one embodiment, an erasing apparatus has a scanner, an erasing unit, a plurality of sheet discharge trays, and a processor. The processor acquires, from image data of a sheet outputted by the scanner, attribute data of the sheet. The processor controls execution propriety of erasing processing by the erasing unit, and sorting processing to discharge the sheet to the plurality of sheet discharge trays, based on the attribute data. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160075160 | IMAGE ELIMINATION APPARATUS, IMAGE ELIMINATING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an image elimination apparatus eliminates an image formed on a sheet. A sheet supply unit supplies the sheet on which the image is formed. A first reader reads the sheet supplied by the sheet supply unit. An image eliminator eliminates the image formed on the supplied sheet. A second reader reads the sheet passing through the image eliminator. A discharge unit stacks the sheet to be discharged. A controller causes the first reader to read the sheet at a first speed in order to judge whether the sheet is reusable or not based on the reading result of the first reader. The controller also causes the second reader to read the sheet at a second speed faster than the first speed in order to judge whether the image formed on the sheet has been eliminated or not based on the reading result of the second reader. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160096388 | ERASING AND SORTING APPARATUS - An erasing apparatus includes a sheet feeding unit from which a sheet is fed into the erasing apparatus, an erasing unit configured to perform an erasing processing on both surfaces of the sheet, a scanning unit configured to scan and generate image data of a bottom surface and a top surface of the sheet, a first storing unit, a second storing unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine, based on the image data, whether the bottom surface of the sheet is reusable and whether the top surface of the sheet is reusable. Further, the controller is configured to cause, if both the bottom and top surfaces have been subject to the erasing processing and are determined to be reusable, the sheet to be conveyed to one of the first and second storing units based on a both-sides-erased criteria. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160107466 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ERASING AND COOLING A SHEET - A device for cooling a sheet includes a conveyance path for the sheet between a first unit and a second unit. The conveyance path is formed of guide plates arranged in an opposed manner and through which the sheet is conveyed. A cooling unit cools the sheet which passes through the conveyance path, the cooling unit including at least one fan that supplies cooling air generally along a sheet conveying direction. At least one slit is formed in each of the guide plates. At least one introduction wall extends from one of the guide plates and guides cooling air from the at least one fan through the at least one slit and into the conveyance path. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160107469 | DECOLORING METHOD AND DECOLORING DEVICE - A decoloring device according to an embodiment includes a decoloring unit that erases a first image formed with erasable colorant on a first side of a sheet and a second image formed with erasable colorant on a second side of the sheet. A reading unit reads the first and second sides of the sheet and determines whether the first side and the second side are reusable. A single-side reusable paper tray stacks the sheet if the reading unit determines that only one of the first and second sides is reusable. A marking unit adds a mark to the one of the first and second sides that is determined to be not reusable when only one of the first and second sides is determined to be reusable. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160114610 | IMAGE DECOLORING DEVICE - An image decoloring device operates in a power-saving mode and in a normal mode. The image decoloring device includes a decoloring processing unit which removes a color of a decolorable colorant that forms an image on a sheet by applying heat to the sheet. A sheet carrying unit conveys the sheet through the decoloring processing unit. A processor controls the sheet carrying unit. If the image decoloring device is operating in the power-saving mode, a conveyance speed of the sheet through the decoloring processing unit is a first speed. If the image decoloring carrying unit is operating in the normal mode, the conveyance speed of the sheet through the decoloring processing unit is a second speed greater than the first speed. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160121621 | REWRITABLE PRINTER APPARATUS - In accordance with one embodiment, a rewritable printer apparatus comprises a paper storing section configured to store a recording medium on which an image can be recorded or erased repeatedly according to the difference of applied heat energy; a conveyance module configured to convey the recording medium stored in the paper storing section; an erasing module configured to heat the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance module to erase the image recorded on the recording medium; a recording module configured to heat the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance module to record an image; a temperature detection module configured to detect the temperature of the paper storing section; and a heating module configured to heat the paper storing section based on the temperature detected by the temperature detection module. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160136987 | ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT USES THE ERASING APPARATUS - In one embodiment, an erasing apparatus stores a first feeder unit and an erasing device. A casing of the erasing apparatus supports the first sheet stack and the erasing device slidably in a direction perpendicular to a direction of supplying a sheet from the first sheet stack to the erasing device. The first sheet stack and the erasing device are movable into and out of the casing. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160136988 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to embodiments, an image processing apparatus includes a roller, an erasing unit, and a controller. The roller conveys a first plurality of media and a second plurality of media. The erasing device erases images from the first plurality of media, without erasing images from the second plurality of media. The controller is programmed to receive a setting of a quantity of the first plurality of media, stop erasing of the images when an error occurs in conveying at least one of the first plurality of media, and continue erasing until a value obtained by counting the first plurality of media conveyed to the erasing device, including the at least one of the first plurality of media for which the error occurs, equals the quantity of the first plurality of media. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160136989 | COLOR ERASING APPARATUS - In accordance with one embodiment, a color erasing apparatus capable of erasing the color of an image formed with a color erasable material on a sheet comprises a color erasing section configured to erase the color of an image formed on the sheet; a control panel configured to set a reading area of the sheet; and a reading section configured to read the image of the area set on the sheet and determine the state of the image erased by the color erasing section. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160136990 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING AN IMAGE ON A RECORDING MEDIUM USING ERASABLE MATERIAL AND NON-ERASABLE MATERIAL - An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment comprises a first image forming section configured to form an image on a recording medium with a non-erasable material, and a second image forming section configured to form an image on the recording medium with an erasable material. The image forming apparatus further comprises a control section configured to separate image data according to attributes of the image data into first image data to be printed on the recording medium in the first image forming section and second image data to be printed on the recording medium in the second image forming section. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160144646 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, there is provided an image forming apparatus that forms a color image using a plurality of discolorable coloring materials and a plurality of non-discolorable coloring materials. In a case where insufficiency of at least one coloring material from among the plurality of discolorable coloring materials and the plurality of non-discolorable coloring materials is detected, the image forming apparatus performs color image formation using the plurality of discolorable coloring materials and the plurality of non-discolorable coloring material in combination. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160152061 | COLOR ERASING APPARATUS, COLOR ERASING SYSTEM AND COLOR ERASING CONTROL METHOD | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160152062 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160152063 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160159129 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image erasing apparatus includes a sheet supply section, a discharge tray, a first conveying path, a reader, a second conveying path, an erasing unit and a switching section. A controller controls the first conveying path, the reader, the second conveying path, the erasing unit and the switching section depending on a selected mode. When the selected mode is an erasing mode, the sheet is conveyed on the first conveying path without being read by the reader, conveyed on the second conveying path where the image is erased by the erasing unit, and then conveyed to the discharge tray. When the selected mode is a reading mode, the sheet is conveyed on the first conveying path where the surface of the sheet is read by the reader, and then conveyed to the discharge tray without being conveyed on the second conveying path. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160159130 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD - An image erasing method, according to an embodiment, includes the steps of supplying a sheet from a sheet supply section and conveying the sheet from the sheet supply section on a first conveying path. The method further includes controlling, based on a selected mode, the first conveying path, a reader, a second conveying path, an erasing unit, and a switching section. When the selected mode is an erasing mode, the sheet is conveyed on the first conveying path without being read by the reader, conveyed on the second conveying path where the image is erased by the erasing unit, and then conveyed to a discharge tray. When the selected mode is a reading mode, the sheet is conveyed on the first conveying path where the surface of the sheet is read by the reader, and then conveyed to the discharge tray without being conveyed on the second conveying path. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160159131 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING AN IMAGE WITH A NON-DECOLORIZABLE MATERIAL AND A DECOLORIZABLE MATERIAL - An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit configured to form a first image to be transferred to a sheet with a non-decolorizable material, and a second image forming unit configured to form a second image to be transferred to the sheet with a decolorizable material. At least a part of the second image transferred to the sheet is formed on the first image transferred to the sheet. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160167417 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160167418 | SYSTEMS FOR ERASING AN INK FROM A MEDIUM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160176216 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160185148 | DECOLORING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A decoloring apparatus includes a sheet conveying unit, a scanner, a decoloring unit positioned downstream of the scanner, a user interface, and a controller. The user interface includes a resolution setting section configured to receive input for setting the resolution of the image to be scanned by the scanner, and a processing mode setting section configured to receive input for setting whether to execute scanning processing by the scanner and for setting whether to execute decoloring processing by the decoloring unit. The controller is configured to control contents of the user interface and to perform a mode limiting processing so that when one of the scanning processing and decoloring processing is set to be executed, the other of the scanning processing and decoloring processing cannot be set to be executed. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160193860 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DECOLORING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF EVALUATING A CONDITION OF A HEATING PORTION OF AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160375711 | DECOLORING APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO DECOLOR A SHEET - A decoloring apparatus includes a reading unit that reads an image formed on a sheet and outputs image information corresponding to the read image. A control unit is configured to recognize the image information output by the reading unit and determine whether decoloring using the decoloring unit is performed on the sheet based on the recognized image information. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20170232774 | DECOLORING APPARATUS AND PAPER CONVEYANCE METHOD | 08-17-2017 |
