Patent ID: 9108411
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid jetting apparatus which jets a liquid, comprising: a jetting head which has a nozzle surface formed with a plurality of nozzle holes and which jets the liquid from the nozzle holes; a cap which has a bottom portion formed with a discharge hole and which covers the nozzle surface of the jetting head; a pump which sucks the liquid in the cap via the discharge hole; a moving mechanism which moves the cap between a capping position at which the cap covers the nozzle holes and a retracted position at which the cap is separated from the jetting head; a temperature sensor which detects a temperature in the liquid jetting apparatus; and a controller which is configured to control the jetting head, the pump, and the moving mechanism, wherein in a state that the cap is positioned at the controller is configured to control one of the jetting head and the pump to discharge the liquid in the jetting head from the nozzle holes into the cap; and wherein after the liquid in the liquid jetting head has been discharged from the nozzle holes into the cap, the controller is configured to: