Patent ID: 8292287
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B41J,B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. A decolorizing device comprising: a first stacker to stack sheets having images thereon to be decolorized; a second stacker arranged adjacent to the first stacker, wherein sheets stacked on the first stacker are kept waiting on the second stacker in order to decolorize the images; an image decolorizing unit to decolorize the images on the sheets; a sheet feed unit to convey a sheet from the second stacker to the image decolorizing unit; a first judging unit to determine whether the sheet conveyed by the sheet feed unit is reusable or not; a first nonreusable sheet stacker to receive a sheet that is judged by the first judging unit to be nonreusable; a second judging unit to determine whether a sheet from which the image is decolorized by the image decolorizing unit is reusable or not; and a second nonreusable sheet stacker to receive a sheet that is determined by the second judging unit to be nonreusable.