Patent ID: 8456497
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: B41M,G03G

Abstract:
1. A decoloring apparatus to erase an image of a sheet, comprising: a conveyance path to convey a sheet to respective parts in the apparatus; a paper feeding part to feed the sheet on which an image is formed by a decolorable colorant to the conveyance path from a sheet stack part; a reading part that is provided downstream of the paper feeding part in the conveyance path and reads the image of the sheet; a communication part that 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; a decoloring part that is provided downstream of the reading part in the conveyance path and erases the image of the sheet; and a control part that conveys the preceding sheet subjected to reading to the determined conveyance destination after the communication part receives the determination result of the conveyance destination of the preceding sheet obtained by the management apparatus, and reads an image of a subsequent sheet by the reading part while preventing a leading edge of the subsequent sheet from colliding with a trailing edge of the preceding sheet.