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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenji Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuyuki Naito, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Takayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Sawako Fujioka, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Okuyama, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Machida, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 1/100 ; B05C 1/302 ; B05D 3/00 ; B08B 3/10 ; D06F 4/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 1/100 ; B05C 1/302 ; B05D 3/00 ; B08B 3/10 ; D06F 4/308 ;
Abstract
A decoloring apparatus for an image forming material comprising means for bringing a solvent into contact with an image forming material formed on a paper sheet and containing a color former, a developer and a decolorizer, and means for removing a residual solvent from the paper sheet.