Decoloring apparatus, image forming apparatus, and decoloring method
US8730285B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 18, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/00
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a decoloring apparatus includes: a heating rotating member having roughness (Rz) of a surface, which comes into contact with a conveyed sheet, equal to or larger than 3.5 μm and equal to or smaller than 6.0 μm and configured to heat and decolor a decolorable colorant on the sheet; and a pressing member configured to come into press contact with the heating rotating member to form a nip section between the pressing member and the heating rotating member and cooperate with the heating rotating member to nip and convey the sheet.
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