WASTE INK RETAINING DEVICE

摘要

An ink-jet printer including: (i) a recording head which has an outer surface and includes at least one nozzle opening in the outer surface; (ii) a carriage which carries the recording head and which is reciprocateable in a main scanning direction; and (iii) a waste-ink retaining device which retains a waste ink forcedly ejected from the at least one nozzle of the recording head when a flushing operation is performed by the recording head. The waste-ink retaining device includes an ink receiving portion which is provided below a flushing position to which the recording head is moved to perform the flushing operation, and which receives the waste ink ejected by the recording head, and a first ink retaining portion which receives the waste ink from the ink receiving portion and retains the waste ink and which extends upward such that a top end thereof is positioned higher than a height position of the ink receiving portion.

主权项

1. A waste-ink retaining device for an ink-jet printer, the waste-ink retaining device comprising:
a discharger configured to discharge waste-ink; and a waste-ink retaining container configured to retain the waste-ink discharged from the discharger, the waste-ink retaining container comprising:
a casing having an opening through which the waste-ink is introduced; anda waste-ink absorbing member accommodated in the casing, the waste-ink absorbing member comprising:
a first ink absorbing member having an upper surface, at least a part of the upper surface is positioned below the opening, wherein the waste-ink discharged from the discharger is directly discharged on the upper surface; anda second ink absorbing member extending upwardly from the upper surface of the first ink absorbing member.