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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2009
Shingo Hattori, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshitsugu Morita, Nagoya, JP;
Narumi Kawai, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroto Sugahara, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shingo Hattori, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshitsugu Morita, Nagoya, JP;
Narumi Kawai, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroto Sugahara, Aichi-ken, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A liquid jetting apparatus includes a head having a nozzle which jets a liquid; a drive mechanism which reciprocately moves the head in a vertical direction to move the nozzle in the vertical direction; a nozzle protective member which is arranged in a moving area for the head and which protects the nozzle of the head; a controller which controls the drive mechanism to stop the head at a standby position which faces the nozzle protective member; a liquid container which contains the liquid; and a liquid tube which supplies the liquid to the head, and the liquid container is arranged such that, when the liquid container is filled with the liquid at a maximum capacity thereof, a liquid level of the liquid in the liquid container is same as or lower than a lowermost point of the nozzle in the head stopped at the standby position.