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

Claim 16:
17. A liquid discharging apparatus, comprising:
a head configured to discharge liquid;
a reservoir section, having:
a plurality of liquid reservoir chambers, each of the plurality of liquid reservoir chambers containing liquid in a different color; and
a common communication path connecting each of the plurality of liquid reservoir chambers with the outside,

a respective liquid flow path connecting the head with each liquid reservoir chamber, respectively, for the liquid to flow therein;
a switching assembly configured to switch states of the common communication path between a connecting state, in which the common communication path connects each of the plurality of liquid reservoir chambers with the outside, and a disconnecting state, in which the common communication path disconnects each of the plurality of liquid reservoir chambers from the outside; and
a controller configured to:
control the switching assembly to switch the states of the common communication path from the connecting state to the disconnecting state;
after switching the states of the common communication path from the connecting state to the disconnecting state, control the head to discharge the liquid; and
after switching the states of the common 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 common communication path from the disconnecting state to the connecting state.