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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2012
Hirofumi Kondo, Tajimi, JP;
Shuhei Hiwada, Toyoake, JP;
Masato Sueyasu, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhiro Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Reiko Higashikawa, Iwakura, JP;
Tomoyuki Kubo, Nagoya, JP;
Toru Yamashita, Nagoya, JP;
Shigeru Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroto Sugahara, Ama, JP;
Masayoshi Hayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Tatsuya Nishikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Hirofumi Kondo, Tajimi, JP;
Shuhei Hiwada, Toyoake, JP;
Masato Sueyasu, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuhiro Kato, Nagoya, JP;
Reiko Higashikawa, Iwakura, JP;
Tomoyuki Kubo, Nagoya, JP;
Toru Yamashita, Nagoya, JP;
Shigeru Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroto Sugahara, Ama, JP;
Masayoshi Hayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Tatsuya Nishikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a liquid jetting apparatus including: a liquid jetting head configured to jet liquid; a liquid discharge unit configured to discharge the liquid from the liquid jetting head; a waste liquid recover unit including a waste liquid absorber configured to absorb a waste liquid discharged from the liquid jetting head by the liquid discharge unit and detection electrodes configured to detect a waste liquid amount absorbed into the waste liquid absorber; and a vibration generating source configured to vibrate the waste liquid absorber in a vibration direction, wherein the detection electrodes are disposed to make contact with an end surface defining the waste liquid absorber, and a normal direction of the end surface intersects with the vibration direction.