Patent ID: 7777771

Claim:
An information recording and erasing apparatus configured to record information on and erase other information from a thermo-sensitive recording medium which medium is capable of heat-reversible coloring and discoloring, the information recording and erasing apparatus comprising: an erasing unit configured to move the thermo-sensitive recording medium from a first side of the erasing unit to a second side of the erasing unit, heat the thermo-sensitive recording medium, and erase the other information recorded in the thermo-sensitive recording medium; a recording unit provided in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the thermo-sensitive recording medium with the erasing unit, the recording unit having a first side and a second side and being configured to record the information in the thermo-sensitive recording medium where the other information is erased by the erasing unit; and a conveyance system including a conveyance tray where the thermo-sensitive recording medium discharged to the second side of the erasing unit is mounted, wherein the thermo-sensitive recording medium is conveyed from the second side of the erasing unit to the second side of the recording unit without curving, by driving the conveyance tray.