公开(公告)号：US20240100850A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18366986

申请日：2023-08-08

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Tomohisa HIGUCHI

IPC: B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/20 ,  G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/08 ,  G03G15/10 ,  G03G21/16

CPC classification number: B41J2/17553 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/17509 ,  B41J2/1752 ,  B41J2/20 ,  G03G15/0865 ,  G03G15/0877 ,  G03G15/10 ,  G03G15/556 ,  G03G21/1633

Abstract: There is provided a liquid consuming apparatus including: a tank having a liquid storing chamber, an erected wall through which the liquid inside the liquid storage chamber is visible from outside of the tank, and an inlet which is formed to penetrate through the erected wall and via which the liquid is poured into the liquid storage chamber; a liquid consuming section which consumes the liquid stored in the liquid storing chamber; and a cover. A transmitting section and a checking section are formed in an upper surface, of the cover, under a condition that the cover is in the exposure position, the transmitting section configured to transmit information optically to a user of the liquid consuming apparatus and the checking section configured to prevent the liquid moving on a particular surface of the cover from arriving at the transmitting section.

公开(公告)号：US20240066882A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-29

申请号：US18504524

申请日：2023-11-08

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Fumio NAKAZAWA ,  Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Taichi SHIRONO ,  Sosuke KUROYANAGI

IPC: B41J2/175

CPC classification number: B41J2/17556 ,  B41J2/16505

Abstract: There is provided an inkjet recording device including a head, a support member, a storage portion, a valve, an actuator, and a controller. The head includes a nozzle and is configured to eject ink from the nozzle. The support member supports the head. The storage portion storing therein ink. The storage portion has a part positioned above the nozzle. The storage portion has an air communication opening allowing an interior of the storage portion to be communicated with an outside of the storage portion. The valve is movable between an opening position in which the valve opens the air communication opening and a closing position in which the valve closes the air communication opening. The actuator is configured to move the valve. The controller configured to control, while the head is ejecting ink from the nozzle toward a recording medium, the actuator to maintain the valve at the closing position.

公开(公告)号：US20230029314A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17816478

申请日：2022-08-01

Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor： Satoshi MIYASE ,  Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Tsuyoshi KUWAYAMA ,  Yasuo ONO ,  Yuto CHIBA ,  Jun MORIKAWA ,  Haruka AZECHI

IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a casing having a front end and a rear end, a first tray, a first print engine, a second tray, a second print engine and a controller. The controller configured to perform: receiving first image data representing the first image and second image data representing the second image; executing a first process including a first conveying process and a first recording process; executing a second process including a second conveying process and a second recording process; determining whether an error has occurred in the second process; and in a case where the error has occurred in the second process, stopping the second process while continuing the first process.

公开(公告)号：US20230001719A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17939242

申请日：2022-09-07

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Satoshi MIYASE ,  Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Tsuyoshi KUWAYAMA ,  Jun MORIKAWA ,  Haruka AZECHI ,  Yasuo ONO ,  Yuto CHIBA

IPC: B41J29/13

Abstract: A first cover moves between a first closed position and a first open position. The first cover is located at another end of a housing when the first cover is located at the first closed position. A second cover moves between a second closed position and a second open position. The second cover is located closer to one end than the first cover is at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A first portion of a first conveyance path is formed between the first cover and the second cover at the first closed position and at the second closed position. A second portion of a second conveyance path is formed at a side of the second cover facing the one end at the second closed position. When the first cover opens the first portion, the second cover is located at the second closed position.

公开(公告)号：US20220363077A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-17

申请号：US17875713

申请日：2022-07-28

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Satoshi MIYASE

IPC: B41J13/00 ,  B41J11/58 ,  B41J3/54 ,  B41J3/46 ,  B41J13/10

Abstract: An upper supply tray is mounted at an upper mount position in a housing. A lower supply tray is mounted at a lower mount position lower than the upper mount position in the housing. A first print engine records an image on a sheet conveyed from the upper supply tray. A second print engine records an image on a sheet conveyed from the lower supply tray. A lower discharge tray supports the sheet on which the image is recorded by the first print engine. An upper discharge tray supports the sheet on which the image is recorded by the second print engine. The upper discharge tray is located at a higher position than the lower discharge tray. A first display displays at least: a first correspondence between the lower discharge tray and the upper supply tray; or a second correspondence between the upper discharge tray and the lower supply tray.

公开(公告)号：US20220097406A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17488361

申请日：2021-09-29

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Taichi Shirono ,  Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Fumio NAKAZAWA ,  Sosuke KUROYANAGI

IPC: B41J2/175

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus, having a head, reservoir section, a liquid flow path, a lid, a valve, a switching assembly, and a controller, is provided. The reservoir section has a liquid reservoir chamber, an injection port, and an atmosphere communication path. The liquid flow path connects the head and the liquid reservoir chamber. The lid opens and closes the injection port. The switching assembly switches states of the valve between an opening state, in which the valve opens the atmosphere communication path, and a closing state, in which the valve closes the atmosphere communication path. The controller is configured to control the valve through the switching assembly to close the atmosphere communication path, control the head to discharge the liquid after closing the atmosphere communication path, and control the valve through the switching assembly to open the atmosphere communication path before the liquid is injected through the injection port.

公开(公告)号：US20220097401A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17488590

申请日：2021-09-29

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Taichi SHIRONO ,  Fumio NAKAZAWA ,  Sosuke KUROYANAGI

IPC: B41J2/175

Abstract: A liquid supplying apparatus, having a reservoir section including a reservoir chamber, and a communication section connecting the reservoir chamber and a hole, is provided. The communication section has a first wall and a second wall, a first buffer space, and a second buffer space. The first buffer space and the second buffer space store the liquid flowing on the first wall and the second wall, respectively, in the liquid supplying apparatus being in the first rotated posture. The hole is located at an upper position with respect to a surface of a predetermined maximum amount of the liquid storable in the reservoir chamber in the liquid supplying apparatus being in a usable posture. The hole is open neither to the first buffer space nor the second buffer space. The hole is located in neither the first wall nor the second wall.

公开(公告)号：US20220097400A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17481500

申请日：2021-09-22

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Fumio NAKAZAWA ,  Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Taichi SHIRONO ,  Sosuke KUROYANAGI

IPC: B41J2/175

Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus, having a head, a reservoir section including a liquid reservoir chamber and an atmosphere communication path, a liquid flow path connecting the head with the liquid reservoir chamber, a switching assembly to switch states of the atmosphere communication path between a connecting state and a disconnecting state, and a controller, is provided. The controller is configured to control the switching assembly to switch the states of the atmosphere communication path from the connecting state to the disconnecting state; after switching the states of the atmosphere communication path, control the head to discharge the liquid; and after switching the states of the atmosphere communication path, and in response to a predetermined connection condition being satisfied, control the switching assembly to switch the states of the atmosphere communication path from the disconnecting state to the connecting state.

公开(公告)号：US20220024214A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-27

申请号：US17396818

申请日：2021-08-09

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Yoshinori OSAKABE ,  Tomohisa HIGUCHI

IPC: B41J2/175 ,  B41J2/165 ,  B41J29/02 ,  B41J29/13

Abstract: A liquid-consuming apparatus includes: a tank including a liquid storage chamber which stores a liquid, an inlet formed in a surface of the tank, and an outlet through which the liquid from the liquid storage chamber flows; a cap which is movable between a first position and a second position; a cover which is movable relative to the tank between a closed position and an open position; and a holding member which is connected to the cap and which holds the cap at the second position. The cap at the second position or the holding member is configured to obstruct a movement of the cover from the open position to the closed position.

公开(公告)号：US20220009245A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US17484759

申请日：2021-09-24

Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

Inventor： Yoshinori OSAKABE

IPC: B41J2/175

Abstract: In a printer unit, ink is poured into a storage chamber from an inlet of a tank. The storage chamber communicates with an air chamber. An air tube connects the air chamber and the outside of the tank and is opened and closed by a valve. A cover is movable to a first position in which the inlet is covered and a second position in which the inlet is exposable via a third position being a position between the first position and the second position. A valve opening/closing mechanism opens a valve when the cover is located on a side closer to the first position than the third position, and closes the valve when the cover is located between the third position and the second position. When the cover moves from the third position to the first position, a cap fits over the inlet to seal the storage chamber.