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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:
Nov. 14, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2021
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masato Haga, Shiojiri, JP;

Tadahiro Mizutani, Shiojiri, JP;

Yasuaki Hirai, Shiojiri, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/165 (2013.01); B41J 2/16532 (2013.01); B41J 2002/16573 (2013.01);
Abstract

A liquid discharge device includes a discharge unit configured to discharge liquid, a maintenance unit configured to cause the discharge unit to eject liquid to perform maintenance of the discharge unit, and a control unit configured to cause the maintenance unit to perform the maintenance periodically, wherein when performing the maintenance, the control unit performs first maintenance in a case in which a consumption amount of the liquid consumed after the maintenance previously performed is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, and performs second maintenance stronger than the first maintenance in a case in which the consumption amount is less than the first threshold value.


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