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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2017
Applicants:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 7/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 7/0009 (2013.01); B41M 7/009 (2013.01); G03G 15/6511 (2013.01); G03G 15/6585 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment includes a feeder unit that stores a sheet on which no image is formed. A printer device forms an image on the sheet stored by the feeder unit. An erasing apparatus is connectably and detachably attached to the image forming apparatus. The erasing apparatus includes a first sheet stack that stores an unerased sheet on which an image is formed and an erasing device that erases the image formed on the unerased sheet.