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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Masayuki Takata, Nagoya, JP;
Tomoyuki Kubo, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroto Sugahara, Ama, JP;
Yoshinori Yokoe, Inuyama, JP;
Inventors:
Masayuki Takata, Nagoya, JP;
Tomoyuki Kubo, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroto Sugahara, Ama, JP;
Yoshinori Yokoe, Inuyama, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A liquid droplet jetting apparatus comprises a liquid droplet jetting head which jets liquid droplets, a storage tank which stores a liquid to be jetted by the liquid droplet-jetting head, a tube which connects the liquid droplet jetting head and the storage tank, and a liquid-state detecting mechanism which detects a state of the liquid contained in the tube at a plurality of positions in a longitudinal direction of the tube.