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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2008
Takaichiro Umeda, Nagoya, JP;
Takaichiro Umeda, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A liquid-droplet ejecting apparatus, including: a plurality of liquid-droplet ejecting heads; a plurality of liquid storage chambers respectively communicating with the liquid-droplet ejecting heads and respectively storing liquids to be respectively supplied to the liquid-droplet ejecting heads; a plurality of liquid tanks respectively accommodating the liquids to be respectively supplied to the liquid storage chambers, the liquid tanks and the liquid storage chambers being configured to be connected to each other only when the liquids in the liquid tanks are respectively supplied to the liquid storage chambers; a common gas chamber communicating commonly with the liquid storage chambers via respective gas-permeable membranes; and a pressure control device configured to control a pressure in the common gas chamber such that, when the pressure becomes not higher than a threshold that is lower than an atmospheric pressure, the pressure becomes higher than the threshold.