Patent ID: 8743164

Claim:
An image erasing apparatus, comprising: a sheet supply portion configured to supply a sheet; an ejector to which the sheet is ejected; a first conveying path configured to convey the sheet from the sheet supply portion toward the ejector; a reader arranged on the first conveying path configured to read a surface of the sheet; a second conveying path that branches from the first conveying path at a first position downstream of the reader in a sheet conveying direction and that merges with the first conveying path at a second position between the sheet supply portion and the reader; an erasing unit arranged on the second conveying path configured to erase an image on the sheet formed with image erasable material; and a switching portion arranged at the first position on the first conveying path at a downstream side of the reader in a sheet conveying direction configured to switch a conveyance path of the sheet between the first conveying path towards the ejector and the second conveying path towards the erasing unit.