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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2004
Keiichi Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Shoji Usuki, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuhiro Maida, Koto-Ku, JP;
Kesato Kishimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroaki Abe, Yokohama, JP;
Keiichi Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Shoji Usuki, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuhiro Maida, Koto-Ku, JP;
Kesato Kishimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroaki Abe, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for erasing an image formed, on a medium, with an erasable image-forming material by heating the medium includes a heating unit for electrically heating the image formed, on an medium, with an erasable image-forming material, at a predetermined temperature. The image-erasing apparatus may further include a substance treating unit for decomposing and/or adsorbing the substances produced in the heating step.