Liquid discharge apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorDaisuke Nakamura
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Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a plurality of head units configured to discharge a liquid, a plurality of sub tanks configured to respectively store the liquid to be supplied to the plurality of head units, and a plurality of upper limit detectors configured to respectively detect upper limits of remaining amounts of liquid in the plurality of sub tanks. At least two of the plurality of upper limit detectors of corresponding at least two of the plurality of sub tanks detect different upper limits of the remaining amounts of liquid in the at least two of the plurality of sub tanks.
Claims11
A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of head units configured to discharge liquids;
- a plurality of sub tanks configured to respectively store the liquids to be supplied to the plurality of head units, each sub tank storing liquid for a different head unit;
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- a plurality of upper limit detectors configured to respectively detect upper limits of remaining amounts of liquid in the plurality of sub tanks,
- wherein at least two of the plurality of upper limit detectors, of corresponding at least two of the plurality of sub tanks storing liquid for different head units, detect different upper limits of remaining amounts of liquid in the at least two of the plurality of sub tanks,
- wherein the plurality of head units and the plurality of sub tanks are inclined at different angles to a vertical direction, and
- inner capacities of the plurality of sub tanks are different according to the different angles of the plurality of head units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.