To remove even a substance written onto a recording medium, e.g. a paper, by means of a writing instrument and adhering to the surface of a reversible recording medium with high adhesion strength surely up to a level causing no practical problem.
A cleaning section 40 is provided in an image rewriting unit comprising an erasing section 11 or a recording section 17 where a thermal recording medium 100 having a reversible recording layer 102 varying the state reversibly is subjected to erasing or recording processing by touching a heat roller 12 or a thermal head 18 thereto. At the cleaning section 40, surface of the thermal recording medium carrying a cleaning sheet 45 is pressed, at the edge thereof, by a member 41 pressed through a pressing mechanism 43. A substance 100a written onto a recording medium, e.g. a paper, by means of a writing instrument and adhering thereto with high adhesion strength can thereby be removed effectively from the surface of the thermal recording medium.
FURUYA HIROMI
TSUTSUI KYOJI
SHIBUYA TAKESHI
NAGAHARA YASUMORI
IDENAWA HIROYUKI
