Image-erasing apparatus and image-erasing method
US7184069B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 6, 2004 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/00
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for erasing an image formed, on a medium, with an erasable image-forming material by heating the medium includes a heating unit for electrically heating the image formed, on an medium, with an erasable image-forming material, at a predetermined temperature. The image-erasing apparatus may further include a substance treating unit for decomposing and/or adsorbing the substances produced in the heating step.
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