Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090166946 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS - According to an aspect of the invention, a shifter shifts sheets before stapling in a continuous stapling mode. A bundle of sheets is immediately discharged from the shifter after the stapling. In a sorting mode, the bundle of sheets is discharged from the shifter while the bundle of sheets is shifted in a direction perpendicular to a discharge direction of the bundle of sheets. A friction force applied to a bundle of sheet T in the discharging is distributed in the discharge direction and a direction perpendicular to the discharge direction. | 07-02-2009 |
20100007070 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, SHEET PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus includes a first supporting member which supports a sheet and drops the sheet, a second supporting member which supports the sheet dropped from the first supporting member, a stacking member which stacks sheets, a first discharge member which discharges sheet from the first supporting member to the stacking member, a second discharge member which discharges the sheet on the second supporting member to the stacking member and a control unit. The control unit controls the first discharge member to discharge the sheet one by one from the first supporting member to the stacking member or to drop the sheet to the second supporting member on the basis of a threshold value or a predetermined value different from the threshold value. | 01-14-2010 |
20100007074 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A sheet finishing apparatus includes: a puncher which moves between a penetrate position and a standby position; a detection unit which detects a lateral edge of a sheet; a standby tray which supports the sheet passed through the puncher, by a pair of tray members; a lateral alignment unit which holds and aligns the sheet falling off the standby tray, by a pair of alignment boards; a moving mechanism which moves the position of the standby tray or the alignment boards in a direction orthogonal to the carrying direction of the sheet; and a control unit which measures a quantity of misalignment of the sheet by using a result of detection of the lateral edge from the detection unit and controls the moving mechanism in accordance with the quantity of misalignment. | 01-14-2010 |
20100007084 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS, SHEET PUNCHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A sheet finishing apparatus includes a moving mechanism to move a puncher for boring punch holes in a sheet between a penetrate position and standby position, a detection section which is disposed upstream of the puncher in a sheet conveyance direction and detects a leading edge of the sheet, and a control section to control a moving mechanism based on a detection timing of the detection section and according to a size of the sheet and a movement speed of the sheet, so that a front corner of the sheet does not coincide with a position of a punching blade of the puncher when the sheet passes through the puncher. | 01-14-2010 |
20100194020 | SHEET CARRYING METHOD FOR SHEET FINISHING DEVICE - A sheet finishing device includes: a housing unit which houses a sheet discharged from an image forming apparatus; a carrying unit which carries the sheet discharged from the image forming apparatus in a direction of the housing unit; a standby unit which is arranged on a carrying path of the carrying unit and temporarily holds the sheet; a finishing unit which is arranged on the carrying path of the carrying unit and performs finishing of the sheet; and a control unit which, when a carrying error in the carrying unit is a first error, controls the carrying unit to stop and responses the first error to the image forming apparatus, and when the carrying error is a second error, controls the carrying unit to continue driving and responses the second error to the image forming apparatus. | 08-05-2010 |
20100194026 | PAPER JAM REMOVAL MECHANISM FOR SHEET FINISHING PROCESS DEVICE - A sheet finishing process device includes: a housing unit which houses a sheet discharged from an image forming unit; a carrying unit which is driven in a first direction toward the housing unit from the image forming unit or in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and carries the sheet discharged from the image forming unit, and carries the sheet discharged from the image forming unit; a detection unit which detects a paper jam of the sheet in the carrying unit; and a control unit which controls the carrying unit to be driven in the second direction if the detection unit detects the paper jam of the sheet. | 08-05-2010 |
20100209129 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING FIXING DEVICE THAT RESPONDS TO REQUEST WHEN USING DECOLORABLE INK - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit which forms a first image on a first recording medium with a first material which is not thermally decolorized; a second image forming unit which forms a second image on a second recording medium with a second material which is thermally decolorized; a fixing unit which is on a common carrying path shared by the first recording medium and the second recording medium and fixes the first image to the first recording medium; and a control unit which controls the fixing unit so that the temperature of the second recording medium passing through the fixing unit becomes lower than a decolorizing temperature of the second material. | 08-19-2010 |
20100290812 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus forms a stamp image with a stamp image developer having a color developing temperature at a color erasing temperature of an image forming developer, and forms a mask image with a mask image developer having a color re-developing temperature at a temperature not lower than a color re-developing temperature of the image forming developer. Accordingly, when a confidential document is color-erased, the stamp image develops color, and when the color-erased confidential document again develops color, it can not be read. | 11-18-2010 |
20100290825 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SHEET DISCHARGING APPARATUS, AND SHEET DISCHARGING METHOD - An embodiment of an image forming apparatus includes: a sheet discharging unit provided in a space between a document reading unit and an image forming unit; a stack tray on which a sheet discharged to the sheet discharging unit is stacked; a rotating mechanism configured to lift and lower, with a front surface side of the stack tray as a fulcrum, the other end of the stack tray to incline the stack tray; and a control unit configured to control an angle of inclination of the stack tray in association with the discharge of the sheet such that the angle of inclination decreases as sheets stacked on the stack tray increase. | 11-18-2010 |
20100290826 | PAPER BINDING APPARATUS, PAPER BINDING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A paper binding apparatus includes: a paper carrying unit which carries papers so as to be sequentially stacked on a tray; a binding sheet supply unit which attaches a binding sheet applied with pseudo-adhesive to a lower surface of one end of the paper first stacked on the tray in the carriage direction so as to protrude in a pectinate shape; a binding sheet attaching unit which sequentially bends a plurality of protruding pieces of the binding sheet so as to be pressed against an upper surface of one end of the carried paper whenever a new paper is carried to the tray; and a discharge unit which discharges a bundle of papers bound by the binding sheet. | 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 |
20100323286 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CARRYING RECORDING MEDIUM IN IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus includes a recording medium height sensor sensing the height of recording mediums stacked on a discharge tray, a discharge tray lifting and lowering mechanism lifting and lowering the discharge tray, a shifting mechanism shifting and discharging the recording mediums, and a controller controlling a discharging operation so that the height of recording mediums on the discharge tray is equal to a desired height on the basis of the output of the recording medium height sensor. | 12-23-2010 |
20100323287 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE ERASING METHOD - An image erasing apparatus includes a stacking tray stacking the recording medium, a heater heating the recording medium to a temperature equal to or higher than the temperature at which developer on the recording medium is erased, a detector disposed downstream in a recording medium carrying direction from the heater to detect an image on the recording medium, a recording medium carrying mechanism picking up the recording medium, from the stacking tray sheet by sheet and carrying the picked-up recording medium, a storage box storing the image-erased recording medium by size, a lateral aligning mechanism disposed in the storage box so as to align the recording medium in the lateral direction, and a controller controlling the alignment operation of the lateral aligning mechanism. | 12-23-2010 |
20110033216 | IMAGE DELETE APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM CARRYING METHOD OF IMAGE DELETE APPARATUS - An image delete apparatus has a paper feed tray that feeds recording media, a group of sensors containing a double-feed detection sensor that senses double-feed of the recording media and a media sensor that senses thicknesses of the recording media, a folding unit, and an auxiliary carrying path, and includes a collecting unit that folds and collects the recording media. | 02-10-2011 |
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 |
20110095471 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A sheet finishing apparatus includes: a puncher which moves between a penetrate position and a standby position; a detection unit which detects a lateral edge of a sheet; a standby tray which supports the sheet passed through the puncher, by a pair of tray members; a lateral alignment unit which holds and aligns the sheet falling off the standby tray, by a pair of alignment boards; a moving mechanism which moves the position of the standby tray or the alignment boards in a direction orthogonal to the carrying direction of the sheet; and a control unit which measures a quantity of misalignment of the sheet by using a result of detection of the lateral edge from the detection unit and controls the moving mechanism in accordance with the quantity of misalignment. | 04-28-2011 |
20110206403 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING FIXING DEVICE THAT RESPONDS TO REQUEST WHEN USING DECOLORABLE INK - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit which forms a first image on a first recording medium with a first material which is not thermally decolorized; a second image forming unit which forms a second image on a second recording medium with a second material which is thermally decolorized; a fixing unit which is on a common carrying path shared by the first recording medium and the second recording medium and fixes the first image to the first recording medium; and a control unit which controls the fixing unit so that the temperature of the second recording medium passing through the fixing unit becomes lower than a decolorizing temperature of the second material. | 08-25-2011 |
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 |
20110220305 | FOREIGN MATTER REMOVING APPARATUS, COLOR ERASING APPARATUS, AND FOREIGN MATTER REMOVING METHOD - A foreign matter removing apparatus includes: a removing plate disposed above a recording medium carriage path, a first sensor and a second sensor which interpose the removing plate therebetween at equal distances in a carriage direction of the recording medium and are disposed on both sides of the recording medium carriage direction, a first plate and a second plate which come in contact with each other at a position below the removing plate, and are disposed at positions opposed to the first sensor and the second sensor while interposing the recording medium carriage path therebetween so as to be opened and closed in a direction perpendicular to the recording medium carriage direction, a first driving roller disposed between the first sensor and the removing plate, and a second driving roller disposed between the second sensor and the removing plate. | 09-15-2011 |
20110221117 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND SHEET CARRYING METHOD OF IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS - An image erasing apparatus includes a sheet stacking tray, a first sheet feeding roller, a pair of separation rollers, a pair of second sheet feeding rollers, a carrying detection sensor, a sheet carrying device, a heating device, and a stacking device. The pair of the separation rollers is provided downstream of the first sheet feeding roller configured to take in sheets from the sheet stacking tray and separates the sheets. The pair of the second sheet feeding rollers is provided downstream of the pair of the separation rollers and carries the sheets in the sheet carrying direction. The carrying detection sensor is provided in the vicinity of the pair of the second sheet feeding rollers and detects passing of the sheets. The heating device erases images formed on the sheets by heating the sheets to or above a color erasing temperature of a developer. Upon detection of double feeding of the sheets on the basis of an output of the carrying detection sensor, the control device rotationally drives one of the pair of the separation rollers in the sheet carrying direction and the other in a direction opposite to the sheet carrying direction by a certain distance. | 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 |
20120147398 | COLOR ERASING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE COLOR ERASING APPARATUS - A color erasing apparatus includes a conveyance member to convey a sheet on which an image is formed of a color erasable coloring material, a color erasing part to erase a color of the coloring material of the image formed on the sheet conveyed by the conveyance member, a control part that counts the processed number of sheets images of which are color-erased by the color erasing part and determines whether the processed number of sheets exceeds a previously set threshold, and a notification interface to output a signal for notifying that, cleaning of the color erasing part is required if the processed number of sheets exceeds the threshold. | 06-14-2012 |
20120275803 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus forms a stamp image with a stamp image developer having a color developing temperature at a color erasing temperature of an image forming developer, and forms a mask image with a mask image developer having a color re-developing temperature at a temperature not lower than a color re-developing temperature of the image forming developer. Accordingly, when a confidential document is color-erased, the stamp image develops color, and when the color-erased confidential document again develops color, it can not be read. | 11-01-2012 |
20120306144 | DISCHARGED SHEET ALIGNING DEVICE AND IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a image erasing apparatus includes a paper feeding section configured to feed a sheet having a erasable image, a erasing section configured to erase the image, a paper discharge section including a paper discharge member configured to discharge, downstream in a conveying path of the erasing section, the sheet from which the image is erased and a paper discharge tray on which the discharged sheet is stacked, and a longitudinal alignment plate pivotably provided above the paper discharge tray and configured to align the leading end of the sheet stacked on the paper discharge tray. | 12-06-2012 |
20130001050 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, SHEET CONVEYING PATH OPENING METHOD, AND ERASING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus includes: a conveying member configured to convey a sheet; a first opening section including a conveyance guide section arranged on the opposite side of the conveying member across a conveying path and configured to form the conveying path and a first pivot shaft configured to pivotably support the conveyance guide section, the first opening section being configured to form the conveying path using the conveyance guide section if changing to a closed state and open the conveying path if changing to an open state; and a second opening section including a cover section configured to cover the first opening section if the first opening section changes to the closed state and a second pivot shaft configured to pivotably support the cover section, the second opening section being configured to cause, if pivoting, the first opening section to pivot following the second opening section. | 01-03-2013 |
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 |
20130003138 | SHADING DEVICE FOR IMAGE READING SECTION - A shading device includes: a shading member to pass a conveying path for conveying a recoding medium to plural image reading sections and reach the plural image reading sections; and a moving member to move the shading member between the plural image reading sections and a retracted position on the outside of the conveying path. | 01-03-2013 |
20130017004 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING FIXING DEVICE THAT RESPONDS TO REQUEST WHEN USING DECOLORABLE INK - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit which forms a first image on a first recording medium with a first material which is not thermally decolorized; a second image forming unit which forms a second image on a second recording medium with a second material which is thermally decolorized; a fixing unit which is on a common carrying path shared by the first recording medium and the second recording medium and fixes the first image to the first recording medium; and a control unit which controls the fixing unit so that the temperature of the second recording medium passing through the fixing unit becomes lower than a decolorizing temperature of the second material. | 01-17-2013 |
20130045020 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING FIXING DEVICE THAT RESPONDS TO REQUEST WHEN USING DECOLORABLE INK - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit which forms a first image on a first recording medium with a first material that is not thermally decolorizable; a second image forming unit which forms a second image on a second recording medium with a second material that is thermally decolorizable; a fixing device which is on a common carrying path shared by the first recording medium and the second recording medium and fixes the first image to the first recording medium; and a controller which controls the fixing device so that a temperature of the fixing device is lower than a decolorizing temperature of the second material when the second recording medium reaches the fixing device. | 02-21-2013 |
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 |
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 |
20130258379 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - There is provided an image forming apparatus including: an image data acquiring unit that acquires image data of an image formed on a sheet; an identification information image reading unit that reads an identification information image formed on the sheet, the identification information image corresponding to identification information that identifies the sheet on which the image is formed; an image forming unit that forms a first image based on the image data acquired by the image data acquiring unit on the sheet with a decolorable colorant which becomes colorless by a predetermined chemical reaction; and a storage control unit that stores the identification information and the image data of the image to be formed on the sheet, on which the identification information image corresponding to the identification information is formed, in a predetermined storage region in a correlated manner. | 10-03-2013 |
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 |
20130334760 | DECOLORING DEVICE AND FUNCTION MANAGEMENT METHOD - When the presence or absence of a malfunction is respectively determined in a decoloring section or a separation device, and it is determined that either the decoloring section or the separation device is malfunctioning, only the other is executable. | 12-19-2013 |
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 |
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 |
20140300933 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - There is provided an image forming apparatus including: an image data acquiring unit that acquires image data of an image formed on a sheet; an identification information acquiring unit that acquires identification information that identifies the sheet on which the image is formed; an image forming unit that forms an image based on the image data on the sheet with a decolorable colorant which becomes colorless by a predetermined chemical reaction and that forms an identification information image based on the identification information on the sheet with a non-decolorable colorant which does not become colorless by the chemical reaction; and a storage control unit that stores the identification information and the image data of the image to be formed on the sheet, on which the identification information image corresponding to the identification information is formed, in a predetermined storage region in a correlated manner. | 10-09-2014 |
20140340719 | IMAGE ELIMINATION APPARATUS, IMAGE ELIMINATING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image elimination apparatus includes a first reader configured to read a status of a sheet, a first judgment portion configured to judge whether the read sheet is reusable or not, an image eliminator configured to eliminate an image formed on the sheet, a second reader configured to read the sheet passing through the image eliminator, a second judgment portion configured to judge whether the image formed on the sheet is eliminated or not, and a controller configured to control the first reader and the second reader so as to read with different reading precision. | 11-20-2014 |
20150037743 | SYSTEM FOR DECOLORING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT OF A DECOLORING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a system for a decoloring information management of a decoloring apparatus includes an decoloring processing unit, a sheet conveying unit, a sheet reading unit, a user ID reading unit, a storing unit configured to store a predetermined information, and a control unit. A sheet on which an image is formed with an decolorable colorant is subject to decoloring processing. The sheet conveying unit conveys the sheet and causes the sheet to pass through the decoloring processing unit. The sheet reading unit is arranged further on an upstream side than the decoloring processing unit. The user ID reading unit reads ID information of a user. The storing unit stores predetermined information. The control unit controls the storage unit to correlate the user ID and the read information by the sheet reading unit. | 02-05-2015 |