Patent ID: 8947479
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A device for erasing an image on a sheet comprising: a reading unit configured to read an image formed on a sheet; an erasing unit configured to erase the image formed on the sheet by heating the sheet after the sheet has passed through the reading unit; a conveyance path configured to convey the sheet from the erasing unit back to the reading unit, the conveyance path including a curved portion between the erasing unit and the reading unit; and a cooling unit configured to cool the sheet which passes through the conveyance path, the cooling unit including at least one fan that supplies cooling air generally along a sheet conveying direction, wherein an outer air flow rate of the cooling air supplied to an outer peripheral portion of the curved portion of the conveyance path is larger than an inner air flow rate of the cooling air supplied to an inner peripheral portion of the curved portion of the conveyance path.