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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shinya Komatsu, Nagano, JP;
Kenji Otokita, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01); B41J 2/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 2/0451 (2013.01); B41J 2/04541 (2013.01); B41J 2/04581 (2013.01); B41J 2/14274 (2013.01); B41J 2/175 (2013.01); B41J 2/18 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 2002/14354 (2013.01); B41J 2202/12 (2013.01); B41J 2202/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus is provided with a cavity which is configured to be filled with an ink, an ink supply path configured to supply the ink to the cavity, a nozzle linked with the cavity and configured to discharge the ink which is filled into the cavity, and a detecting section configured to detect the state of the ink supply path which is supplied based on the amount of the ink which is filled into a plurality of the nozzles.