Patent ID: 9302492
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: B41J,B41M

Claim Text:
1. An image erasing apparatus, comprising: a sheet supply section configured to supply a sheet; at least one discharge tray configured to receive the sheet; a first conveying path configured to convey the sheet from the sheet supply section toward the at least one discharge tray; a reader arranged on the first conveying path and configured to read a surface of the sheet; a second conveying path that branches from the first conveying path at a first position downstream of the reader in a sheet conveying direction and that merges with the first conveying path at a second position between the sheet supply section and the reader; an erasing unit arranged on the second conveying path and configured to erase an image formed on the sheet with image erasable material; a switching section arranged on the first conveying path at the first position and configured to switch a conveyance path of the sheet between the first conveying path towards the at least one discharge tray and the second conveying path towards the erasing unit; and a controller configured to control the first conveying path to convey the sheet, the reader, the second conveying path to convey the sheet and the erasing unit so that when a first sheet is subject to an erasing processing in the erasing unit, a second sheet is conveyed on the first conveying path from the sheet supply section and subject to a read processing in the reader.