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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 30, 2014
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Ken Iguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Hidetoshi Yokochi, Shizuoka, JP;
Isao Yahata, Shizuoka, JP;
Takahiro Kawaguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshiaki Sugizaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Kikuo Mizutani, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Taki, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsuchihashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Chiaki Iizuka, Shizuoka, JP;
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a first conveying path to form a conveying path from the sheet supply portion toward the ejector, a reader arranged on the first conveying path to read an image on a surface of the sheet, an erasure to erase the image on the sheet formed with image erasable material, a switching portion arranged on the first conveying path at a downstream side of the reader in a sheet conveying direction to switch the sheet conveying direction to a direction of the ejector or a direction of the erasure, and a second conveying path having the erasure which, at a position where the switching portion is arranged, branches from the first conveying path at the downstream side of the reader and merges with the first conveying path at a meeting point between the sheet supply portion and the reader.