Patent ID: 8564631
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: B41J,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image erasing apparatus comprising: a supply unit from which a sheet is supplied; a collection unit configured to store the sheet supplied from the supply unit; a carrying unit provided along a carrying path through which the sheet supplied from the supply unit is conveyed toward the collection unit, the carrying unit being configured to convey the sheet while nipping and pressing the sheet; a sensor configured to detect a multi-feed of sheets, at a first position along the carrying path; an erasing unit provided at a second position downstream in a carrying direction with respect to the first position along the carrying path and configured to erase an image formed on a sheet; and a control unit configured to cause a conveying speed of sheets to be decreased from a first speed to a second speed in response to the multi-feed of sheets detected by the sensor such that the sheets are conveyed to the erasing unit at the second speed.