Image delete apparatus and recording medium carrying method of image delete apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyuki TAKI, Isao YAHATA, Takahiro KAWAGUCHI, Hiroyuki TAGUCHI, Hiroyuki TSUCHIHASHI, Ken IGUCHI
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Abstract
An image delete apparatus has a paper feed tray that feeds recording media, a group of sensors containing a double-feed detection sensor that senses double-feed of the recording media and a media sensor that senses thicknesses of the recording media, a folding unit, and an auxiliary carrying path, and includes a collecting unit that folds and collects the recording media.
Claims20
An image delete apparatus that deletes an image on a recording medium comprising:
- a paper feed tray that feeds recording media;
- a group of sensors containing a double-feed detection sensor that senses double-feed of the recording media;
- a collecting unit that folds and collects the recording media;
- a switching unit that switches carrying directions of the recording media;
- and
- a heating unit that heats the recording media to a color erasing temperature of a developer or higher.
A recording medium carrying method of an image delete apparatus that deletes an image on a recording medium comprising:
- feeding recording media by a paper feed tray;
- sensing double-feed of the recording media and thickness of the recording media by a group of sensors containing a double-feed detection sensor that senses double feed of the recording media;
- folding and collecting the recording media by a collecting unit,
- switching carrying directions of the recording media by a switching unit;
- and
- heating the recording media to a color erasing temperature of a developer or higher by a heating unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.