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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
Shigeru Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kinouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Saeki, Shizuoka, JP;
Shoko Shimmura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazutoshi Takahashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshihiro Sone, Kanagawa, JP;
Takafumi Amano, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Fujiwara, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kinouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Saeki, Shizuoka, JP;
Shoko Shimmura, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazutoshi Takahashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshihiro Sone, Kanagawa, JP;
Takafumi Amano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an image erasing section including a first member which has an elastic layer and heats a recording medium having a thermally decolorizable toner image on the toner image side and a second member which erases the toner image by allowing the recording medium in cooperation with the first member; an image forming section which transfers a thermally decolorizable toner image onto the recording medium on which the toner image is erased to form an unfixed toner image; and an image fixing section including a third member which does not have an elastic layer and heats the recording medium on the unfixed toner image side and a fourth member which fixes the unfixed toner image by allowing the recording medium in cooperation with the third member.