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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshiro Ueda, Nagoya, JP;
Masayuki Takata, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including a liquid discharge head, a cap, a movement mechanism configured to move one of the liquid discharge head and the cap to selectively take a first and a second contact state, and a separated state. The cap includes a first and a second cap portion configured to respectively cover a plurality of first and second nozzles, and a communicative portion for the first cap portion to communicate with the second cap portion. The communicative portion includes a part of a first surrounding projection formed lower in the height than the other portion of a first surrounding projection of the first cap portion except the communicative portion.