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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Daisuke Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Daisuke Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 2/17513 (2013.01); B41J 2/17523 (2013.01); B41J 2/17553 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17579 (2013.01); B41J 2025/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a plurality of head units configured to discharge a liquid, a plurality of sub tanks configured to respectively store the liquid to be supplied to the plurality of head units, and a plurality of upper limit detectors configured to respectively detect upper limits of remaining amounts of liquid in the plurality of sub tanks. At least two of the plurality of upper limit detectors of corresponding at least two of the plurality of sub tanks detect different upper limits of the remaining amounts of liquid in the at least two of the plurality of sub tanks.