US 12,188,832 B2
Decolorizing apparatus
Daisuke Ishikawa, Shizuoka (JP); Kazuki Taira, Tokyo (JP); Takaya Kitawaki, Shizuoka (JP); and Daisuke Harayama, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/239,487.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-149667 (JP), filed on Sep. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0074796 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G02F 1/01 (2006.01); C09D 11/50 (2014.01); G01K 11/12 (2021.01); B43K 29/05 (2006.01)
CPC G01K 11/12 (2013.01) [C09D 11/50 (2013.01); G02F 1/0147 (2013.01); B43K 29/05 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A decolorizing apparatus comprising:
a translucent heater configured to generate heat according to an applied voltage;
a casing configured to support the translucent heater;
a controller configured to apply a voltage to the translucent heater, the voltage associated with a temperature at which a thermochromic colorant; and
a temperature switch configured to designate a target temperature;
wherein the controller is configured to select the voltage based on the target temperature.