Patent ID: 8890913
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
1. A color erasing apparatus comprising: a sheet supply section configured to supply a sheet; a discharge section to which the sheet is discharged; a first conveying path configured to convey the sheet from the sheet supply section to the discharge section; a reading section arranged on the first conveying path and configured to read an image on a surface of the sheet; a second conveying path which branches from the first conveying path downstream of the reading section in a sheet conveying direction and merges with the first conveying path at a meeting point between the sheet supply section and the reading section; a color erasing section arranged on the second conveying path and configured to erase a color of the image formed with an erasable color material on the sheet; and a controller configured to control a first motor to convey the sheet which passes on the first conveying path through the reading section at a first speed, and to control a second motor that is different from the first motor to convey the sheet on the second conveying path through the color erasing section at a second speed different from the first speed.