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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2020
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Yuma Tanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a liquid discharge head having a nozzle; a storage chamber that stores liquid; a supply channel communicating with the liquid discharge head and an outlet of the storage chamber; a return channel communicating with the liquid discharge head and an inlet of the storage chamber; a first pump that is provided in the supply channel and feeds the liquid stored in the storage chamber to the liquid discharge head; a gas channel connected to the storage chamber; a second pump that is connected to the storage chamber via the gas channel and discharges gas from inside the storage chamber; and a controller. The controller continues driving of the first pump and driving of the second pump in a first period, and stops the driving of the second pump with the driving of the first pump being continued, in a second period after the first period.