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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2007
Hideo Sakurai, Shizuoka, JP;
Tadafumi Tatewaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yukio Ide, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Sakurai, Shizuoka, JP;
Tadafumi Tatewaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yukio Ide, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoki Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Wedg Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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 includes an erasing unit configured to move the thermo-sensitive recording medium from one side to another side, heat the thermo-sensitive recording medium, and erase the other information recorded in the thermo-sensitive recording medium; and 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 being configured to record the information in the thermo-sensitive recording medium where the other information is erased by the erasing unit.