Liquid ejection apparatus having liquid-receiving devices therein

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8992002-B2
Application number	US-201213430941-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2012
Priority date	Aug 31, 2011
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

A liquid ejection apparatus includes a head, a receiving device, a holding portion, and a path. The head includes ejection ports that eject a recording liquid onto a recording medium. The receiving device is disposed below the head along a substantially vertical direction and receives recording liquid ejected from the ejection ports. The holding portion is disposed above the receiving device along the substantially vertical direction and holds a recording medium on which the head ejected recording liquid from the ejection ports. The holding portion includes a wall surface. The wall surface includes an opening formed therein. The path guides liquid on the wall surface of the holding portion from the opening in the wall surface of the holding portion to the receiving device. The substantially vertical direction is substantially opposite to a direction of gravity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid ejection apparatus comprising:
a head comprising a plurality of ejection ports configured to eject a recording liquid onto a recording medium;
a first receiving device disposed below the head along a substantially vertical direction and configured to receive at least a portion of the recording liquid ejected from the ejection ports;
a holding portion disposed above the first receiving device along the substantially vertical direction and configu…

Assignees

• Yamamoto Shinya
• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Yamamoto Shinya

Classifications

• B41J2002/1742

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J2/1721 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J29/13

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J2/1742

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic