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

Claim 14:
15. The liquid discharging apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the liquid reservoir chamber includes a plurality of liquid reservoir chambers, each of the plurality of liquid reservoir chambers containing liquid in a different color, and
wherein the communication path includes a plurality of individual communication paths, each of which connects one of the plurality of liquid reservoir chambers with the outside,
wherein the switching assembly is configured to switch states of the plurality of individual communication paths collectively between a connecting state, in which the individual communication paths connect the plurality of liquid reservoir chambers with the outside, and a disconnecting state, in which the plurality of individual communication paths disconnect the plurality of liquid reservoir chambers from the outside, and
wherein the controller is configured to control the switching assembly to switch the states of the communication path from the disconnecting state to the connecting state in response to at least one of the plurality of liquid reservoir chambers satisfying the predetermined connection condition.