Patent ID: 8979250
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid discharge apparatus comprising: an ink tank configured and arranged to retain pigment-based ink; a head configured and arranged to discharge the pigment-based ink in a first direction; an ink tube configured and arranged to supply the pigment-based ink from the ink tank to the head; and a circulation pump configured and arranged to circulate the pigment-based ink in the ink tube, the circulation pump including a pump part and a tube, the tube being disposed between the pump part and the ink tube such that the pump part and the ink tube communicate with each other, the tube having a first part that extends in the first direction and a second part that extends a second direction intersecting the first direction, the first part having a connection portion that connects the ink tube at one of a horizontal section of the ink tube and an upper portion of a vertical section of the ink tube, the pump part being disposed relative to the connection portion in an opposite direction that is opposite the first direction.