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

Claim 15:
16. 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 at a sheet; and
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 and while the head faces the sheet, control the switching assembly to switch the states of the communication path from the disconnecting state to the connecting state.