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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masayoshi Hayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Shuhei Hiwada, Toyoake, JP;
Takahiko Watari, Nagoya, JP;
Jie Chen, Tokyo, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus, including: a drive element configured to apply discharge energy to the liquid to discharge the liquid; signal generators configured to generate a plurality of types of drive signals having mutually different waveforms to drive the drive element; and drive switches electrically located between the signal generators and the drive element to correspond to the plurality of types of drive signals respectively. The drive switches include a first drive switch and a second drive switch which are different in ON-resistance.