US 11,981,139 B2
Recording device
Satoshi Nakata, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/658,853.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-068905 (JP), filed on Apr. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0332117 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16517 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording device, comprising:
a device body;
a recording unit configured to record by ejecting liquid onto a medium;
a waste liquid collecting unit configured to collect waste liquid generated inside the device body; and
a waste liquid storage unit configured to store the waste liquid collected via the waste liquid collecting unit, wherein
the waste liquid storage unit is configured to be mountable to and removable from the device body,
the waste liquid collecting unit includes a discharge portion configured to discharge the collected waste liquid to the waste liquid storage unit, and the discharge portion includes a dam portion configured to dam up the waste liquid, and
the discharge portion protrudes from the waste liquid collecting unit and is provided with a groove portion in which the waste liquid flows, and the dam portion is provided in the groove portion.