Liquid discharge apparatus

A liquid discharge apparatus comprising:

• a holding unit configured to hold a discharge head configured to discharge liquid;
• a cap configured to cap a discharge surface of the discharge head;
• a positioning unit configured to position the discharge head at a cap position where the discharge surface is capped by the cap;
• and
• a separation member configured to separate the cap from the discharge surface positioned at the cap position in a case when the separation member is in a first posture and to bring the cap into contact with the discharge surface positioned at the cap position in a case when the separation member is in a second posture, wherein the separation member changes posture between the first posture and the second posture as the holding unit is displaced relative to the discharge head in a state in which the discharge head is positioned at the cap position by the positioning unit,
• wherein, in a case when the discharge head is at a position separated from the cap position, the cap is separated, by its own weight, from the discharge surface of the discharge head positioned at the cap position by the positioning unit,
• the cap is connected to the separation member by a link member, and,
• in a case when the discharge head is positioned at the cap position by the positioning unit, the cap contacts the discharge surface of the discharge head positioned at the cap position by the positioning unit as the holding unit being displaced relative to the discharge head exerts, on the separation member, a force equal to or greater than a force that compensates for a force due to its own weight.