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Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2019
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Yuji Hori, Hashima-gun, JP;

Kazuteru Kojima, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/0451 (2013.01); B41J 2/04561 (2013.01); B41J 2/04566 (2013.01); B41J 2/04581 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus, including: a conveyer; a head having a nozzle surface formed having a nozzle from which a liquid is discharged on a recording medium conveyed by the conveyer; a carriage carrying the head and configured to be movable in a scanning direction parallel to the nozzle surface in a movement range including a facing range that faces a passing area where the recording medium conveyed by the conveyer passes; a first conductor for detection arranged at a first side in the scanning direction relative to the passing area; and a second conductor for detection arranged at a second side, which is opposite to the first side, in the scanning direction relative to the passing area.


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