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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
Keita Sugiura, Toyoake, JP;
Shingo Hattori, Nagoya, JP;
Keita Sugiura, Toyoake, JP;
Shingo Hattori, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejection apparatus includes a plurality of liquid ejection heads each comprising a channel member having a plurality of ejection openings, a plurality of channels communicated with the plurality of ejection openings, and a heat body, and a plurality of radiators each provided for each of the plurality of liquid ejection heads. The liquid ejection apparatus further includes a plurality of temperature sensors each provided for each of the plurality of liquid ejection heads and outputting a signal indicating a temperature of the channel member, a heat-resistance change device changing a heat resistance between one of the plurality of radiators and one of the plurality of liquid ejection heads corresponding to the one of the plurality of radiators, and a controller controlling the heat-resistance change device based on the signal outputted from at least one of the plurality of temperature sensors.