US 12,319,067 B2
Liquid discharging apparatus
Fumio Nakazawa, Okazaki (JP); Yoshinori Osakabe, Seto (JP); Taichi Shirono, Nagoya (JP); and Sosuke Kuroyanagi, Nishio (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/390,704.
Application 18/390,704 is a continuation of application No. 17/481,500, filed on Sep. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,912,039.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-166560 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0123737 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 2/175 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/17553 (2013.01) [B41J 2/1752 (2013.01); B41J 2/1753 (2013.01); B41J 2/17556 (2013.01); B41J 2/17596 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid discharging apparatus, comprising:
a head configured to discharge liquid;
a reservoir section, having:
a liquid reservoir chamber configured to store the liquid; and
a communication path connecting the liquid reservoir chamber with outside,
a liquid flow path connecting the head with the liquid reservoir chamber for the liquid to flow therein;
a switching assembly configured to switch states of the communication path between a connecting state, in which the communication path connects the liquid reservoir chamber with the outside, and a disconnecting state, in which the communication path disconnects the liquid reservoir chamber from the outside; and
a controller configured to:
control the switching assembly to switch the states of the communication path from the connecting state to the disconnecting state,
after switching the states of the communication path from the connecting state to the disconnecting state, control the head to discharge the liquid,
after switching the states of the communication path from the connecting state to the disconnecting state, and in response to a predetermined connection condition being satisfied, control the switching assembly to switch the states of the communication path from the disconnecting state to the connecting state, and
after switching the states of the communication path from the disconnecting state to the connecting state in response to the predetermined connection condition being satisfied, control the switching assembly to switch the states of the communication path from the connecting state to the disconnecting state without conducting a process for refilling the liquid reservoir chamber with the liquid.