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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Motohiro Tsuboi, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A liquid application apparatus comprises: a pair of conveyor rollers including two rollers configured to rotate while pinching a recording medium thereby to convey the recording medium in a first direction; a liquid applicator configured to apply a liquid; and a controller configured to control driving of the pair of conveyor rollers and to control the liquid applicator. The controller executes a calculation process of calculating an estimated value of an amount of extraneous matter attached to the pair of conveyor rollers taking into account weighting data indicating a weighting given, based on an amount of paper dust, to each of areas on the recording medium which areas are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction.