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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2011
Kakuji Murakami, Numazu, JP;
Kakuji Murakami, Numazu, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image removing method including heating a recording material having thereon an image to a temperature so that the image has a plasticity; pressure-contacting an uppermost stream peeling member with the recording material while the image maintains a plasticity; separating the uppermost stream peeling member from the recording material to transfer at least a portion of the image to the uppermost stream peeling member; and repeating the heating, pressure-contacting and separating steps at least one more time using at least one downstream peeling member, wherein the uppermost stream peeling member has a first outermost layer which does not have a plasticity when being pressure-contacted with the recording material, and at least one of the at least one downstream peeling member has a second outermost layer which has a plasticity when being pressure-contacted with the recording material.