US 12,311,668 B2
Liquid discharging apparatus
Kazuma Kobayashi, Nagoya (JP); Masako Kawagoe, Nagoya (JP); Haruhisa Shirai, Kasugai (JP); Shohei Ichikawa, Niwa (JP); Fumiya Nakamura, Nagoya (JP); Kazushige Saigusa, Nagoya (JP); and Asami Hashimoto, Okazaki (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/191,043.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-062148 (JP), filed on Apr. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311519 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/165 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/1721 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16523 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid discharging apparatus, comprising:
a housing;
a liquid discharging device configured to discharge liquid;
a first waste liquid collecting device and a second waste liquid collecting device located at different positions, the first waste liquid collecting device and the second waste liquid collecting device being configured to collect the liquid discharged from the liquid discharging device respectively;
an intermediate tank having:
a first waste liquid reservoir configured to store the liquid received from the first waste liquid collecting device and the second waste liquid collecting device; and
a drainer for draining the liquid stored in the first waste liquid reservoir outward from the intermediate tank; and
a waste liquid tank having a second waste liquid reservoir, the second waste liquid reservoir being configured to store the liquid drained from the drainer, the waste liquid tank being demountably mounted in the housing.