Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Liquid ejection apparatus
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Application No.: US17648990Application Date: 2022-01-26
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Publication No.: US12076995B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Zenichiro Sasaki , Kenta Horade , Hironori Takasaki , Toshiro Ueda , Tatsuya Shindo , Ryuji Horata
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP 21011064 2021.01.27
- Main IPC: B41J2/165
- IPC: B41J2/165

Abstract:
When inspection driving is performed by a liquid ejection head, a signal output circuit outputs a determination signal indicating whether a nozzle is an abnormal nozzle. The inspection driving is driving the liquid ejection head to eject liquid from the nozzle for checking whether the nozzle is the abnormal nozzle. A recovery device performs a recovery operation of discharging liquid from the nozzle. A controller is configured to: in response to receiving a first signal, perform the inspection driving and, in response to determining that the determination signal transmitted from the signal output circuit indicates that the abnormal nozzle exists, store flag information in a memory, the flag information indicating that the recovery operation needs to be performed; and in response to receiving a second signal different from the first signal and determining that the memory stores the flag information, control the recovery device to perform the recovery operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US12115792B2 Liquid ejection apparatus Public/Granted day:2024-10-15
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