Patent ID: 11945230
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. An image-recording apparatus comprising:
a first tank comprising:
a first storage chamber configured to store liquid;
a liquid supply port through which the liquid in the first storage chamber is configured to be supplied; and
a first air communication passage through which the first storage chamber is allowed to communicate with an atmosphere;

a second tank comprising:
a liquid inlet port through which the liquid supplied through the liquid supply port is configured to be introduced;
a second storage chamber configured to store the liquid introduced through the liquid inlet port;
a liquid outlet port through which the liquid stored in the second storage chamber is configured to be discharged; and
a second air communication passage configured to allow the second storage chamber to communicate with the atmosphere;

a conveying mechanism configured to convey a sheet along a conveying path extending in a depthwise direction perpendicular to a vertical direction, the depthwise direction including a first depthwise direction and a second depthwise direction opposite to each other, the conveying path having a width in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the vertical direction and the depthwise direction, the widthwise direction including a first widthwise direction and a second widthwise direction opposite to each other; and
a recording head positioned above the conveying path and in communication with the liquid outlet port through a liquid channel, the recording head having a nozzle through which the liquid supplied through the liquid channel is configured to be ejected toward the conveying path,
wherein the second storage chamber is positioned further in the first depthwise direction relative to the nozzle and is positioned further in the first widthwise direction relative to the conveying path,
wherein the liquid outlet port is configured to discharge the liquid from the second storage chamber at a position below a center of the second storage chamber in the vertical direction, and at a position further in the first widthwise direction relative to a widthwise center of the second storage chamber, and
wherein the liquid outlet port is positioned further in the first widthwise direction relative to the liquid inlet port and the first storage chamber.