Patent ID: 8899855
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An erasing apparatus comprising: a paper feeding section configured to feed a recording medium on which an erasable image is recorded to a conveying path; a reading section arranged on the conveying path and configured to read an image on the recording medium; a paper discharge section configured to store the recording medium; a conveying section configured to convey the recording medium along the conveying path, the conveying path including a first conveying path from the feeding section toward the paper discharge section and a second conveying path branching from the first conveying path downstream of the reading section in a paper conveying direction and merging with the first conveying path at a meeting point between the paper feeding section and the reading section; an erasing section disposed on the second conveying path and configured to erase a color of the erasable image on the recording medium; a first conveying roller located along the second conveying path from the erasing section toward upstream in a conveying direction of the recording medium; a first sensor positioned to detect a jam in a first portion of the second conveying path within the erasing section, the first sensor being located along the second conveying path from the first conveying roller toward downstream in the conveying direction and being located along the second conveying path from the erasing section toward upstream in the conveying direction; a second sensor positioned to detect a jam in a second portion of the second conveying path outside the erasing section; and a control section configured to control the conveying section to convey the recording medium along the second conveying path based on whether a detected jam is detected in the first portion or in the second portion.