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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2019
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Yuki Takagi, Nagoya, JP;

Mikio Ogawa, Nagoya, JP;

Toshiro Ueda, Inazawa, JP;

Assignee:

BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/17546 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 29/13 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17569 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17573 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17589 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid discharge apparatus includes a case receiving a cartridge, a tank, a head, and a controller to: when the cartridge is installed in the case, calculate an outflow amount Qc based on heights Hc, Hs and flow path resistances; read the amounts Vc, Vs from a memory; subtract the outflow amount Qc from the read liquid amount Vc to calculate new liquid amount Vc; add the outflow amount Qc to the read liquid amount Vs to calculate new liquid amount Vs; store the calculated liquid amounts Vc, Vs in the memory; after a time period from at the time the calculated liquid amounts Vc, Vs stored elapses, again calculate the outflow amount Qc and the liquid amounts Vc, Vs and store the calculated liquid amounts Vc, Vs in the memory.


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