Patent ID: 9139009
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid discharge apparatus comprising: a head configured and arranged to discharge a liquid; a first liquid supply path configured and arranged to supply a first liquid from a liquid tank where the first liquid is retained to the head, the first liquid supply path having differences in elevation of a predetermined length or more in a vertical direction, and the first liquid supply path having a portion formed in a stepped shape; and a second liquid supply path configured and arranged to supply a second liquid from a liquid tank where the second liquid is retained to the head, the first liquid supply path having reduced differences in elevation in the vertical direction compared to the second liquid supply path, and the portion formed in the stepped shape being disposed in a region of the first liquid supply path having differences in elevation, and the portion formed in the stepped shape including a plurality of width portions and a plurality of height portions alternately arranged with an angle formed by adjacent ones of the width portions and the height portions being 45 degrees or more and 90 degrees or less.