US 11,712,898 B2
Liquid ejecting apparatus and waste-liquid collecting method of liquid ejecting apparatus
Hisashi Sato, Shiojiri (JP); Kazushi Arafuka, Matsumoto (JP); and Yuichi Urabe, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/649,834.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-016330 (JP), filed on Feb. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242128 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16517 (2013.01) [B41J 11/0021 (2021.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
a head configured to eject a liquid;
a curing portion that cures the liquid by emitting energy to the liquid; and
a waste-liquid collecting portion configured to collect the liquid as waste liquid, wherein
the waste-liquid collecting portion includes
an absorber configured to absorb the liquid discharged from the head,
a first rotational shaft configured to hold the absorber before absorption of the liquid, and
a second rotational shaft configured to hold the absorber after absorption of the liquid, and
the curing portion emits the energy to the liquid absorbed by the absorber.