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Drawing and erasing apparatus and erasing method

US11364727B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 2019
Grant dateJun 21, 2022
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41M5/3336
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A drawing and erasing apparatus includes a light source section that includes a plurality of laser elements different from each other in emission wavelength, a multiplexer that multiplexes a plurality of types of laser light beams outputted from the plurality of laser elements, a scanner section that performs scanning with multiplexed light outputted from the multiplexer on a reversible recording medium including a plurality of recording layers, the plurality of recording layers being reversible and different from each other in developed color hue, and a controller that controls a main scanning speed and a sub-scanning speed of the scanner section to cause the scanner section to perform overlapping scanning of a predetermined region on the reversible recording medium during erasure of information written on the reversible recording medium.

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