Image erasing apparatus and method of carrying recording medium in image erasing apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKen Iguchi, Isao Yahata, Takahiro Kawaguchi, Hiroyuki Taguchi, Hiroyuki Tsuchihashi, Hiroyuki Taki
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Abstract
An image erasing apparatus includes a recording medium height sensor sensing the height of recording mediums stacked on a discharge tray, a discharge tray lifting and lowering mechanism lifting and lowering the discharge tray, a shifting mechanism shifting and discharging the recording mediums, and a controller controlling a discharging operation so that the height of recording mediums on the discharge tray is equal to a desired height on the basis of the output of the recording medium height sensor.
Claims20
An image erasing apparatus erasing an image on a sheet, comprising:
- an input device configured to accept as input a first value;
- a feeder configured to feed a sheet;
- a sheet carrying portion configured to carry the sheet fed from the feeder;
- an eraser configured to erase an image on the sheet;
- a loader configured to load the sheet;
- a discharger configured to discharge the sheet to the loader;
- and
- a controller configured to receive a second value representative of a height of sheets stacked on the loader, and configured to control the discharger to stop sheet discharge to the loader if the second value is equal to or exceeds the first value.
A method of carrying a sheet in an image erasing apparatus erasing an image on the sheet, comprising:
- receiving a first value from an input device;
- feeding a sheet by a feeder;
- carrying the sheet fed from the feeder;
- erasing an image on the sheet;
- loading a sheet;
- discharging the sheet to a loader;
- generating a second value representative of a height of sheets stacked on the loader;
- and
- stopping discharging of the sheet to the loader if the second value is equal to or exceeds the first value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.