Patent ID: 11912039
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A liquid discharging apparatus, comprising:
a head configured to discharge liquid;
a rotating body configured to convey a sheet in a conveying orientation;
a carriage, on which the head is mounted, the carriage being configured to move in a scanning direction, the scanning direction intersecting with the conveying orientation,
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 at the sheet;
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;
control the carriage to move the head to withdraw to an area where the head does not face the sheet in the scanning direction, in response to the predetermined connection condition being satisfied; and
control the switching assembly to switch the states of the communication path from the disconnecting state to the connecting state in response to the head withdrawn to the area.