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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/1753 (2013.01); B41J 2/17509 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/17526 (2013.01); B41J 2/17546 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 29/13 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17576 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus displays an S_Empty informing screen on a display when a count value N reaches a threshold N, reads a liquid amount Vc from an IC chip of a cartridge which is installed, calculates an outflow amount Qc of a liquid flowing out from the cartridge to a tank at a period Δt based on the read liquid amount Vc, and erases the S_Empty informing screen from the display when the calculated outflow amount Qc is equal to or larger than a threshold Q.