Patent ID: 9033474
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid discharge apparatus comprising: an ink tank configured and arranged to retain a plurality of types of ink including pigment-based ink; a head configured and arranged to discharge the ink; and an ink supply path section configured and arranged to supply the ink from the ink tank to the head, the ink supply path section including a plurality of ink tubes and an elongated member supporting and guiding apparatus accommodating the ink tubes, the ink tubes having a plurality of pigment-based ink tubes for the pigment-based ink, the elongated member supporting and guiding apparatus having a first end and a second end opposite the first end in an elongated direction of the elongated member supporting and guiding apparatus, the ink tubes entering into the elongated member supporting and guiding apparatus at the first end, and going out from the elongated member supporting and guiding apparatus at the second end, the elongated member supporting and guiding apparatus further having at least one holding plate disposed therein and extending along the elongated direction of the elongated member supporting and guiding apparatus until reaching the second end, the holding plate separating the elongated member supporting and guiding apparatus into at least two accommodation portions in a vertical direction perpendicular to the elongated direction, the accommodation portions being configured to accommodate the ink tubes, the pigment-based ink tubes being mounted in the elongated member supporting and guiding apparatus such that a part of each of the pigment-based ink tubes, which is in contact with the at least one holding plate and extends to reach the second end in one of the accommodation portions of the elongated member supporting and guiding apparatus, maintains the same position in the vertical direction.