US 12,441,112 B2
Liquid discharging apparatus
Masako Kawagoe, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/334,415.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-105649 (JP), filed on Jun. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0001676 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16517 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16508 (2013.01); B41J 2/16523 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid discharging apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a head having a nozzle configured to discharge a liquid to a printing medium; and
a waste liquid box configured to be inserted into and drawn from the housing, the waste liquid box being configured to store a waste liquid of the liquid, wherein:
the housing has a first opening configured to eject the printing medium via the first opening, the first opening being arranged in a front-surface of the housing, a front-rear direction of the housing being a direction parallel with a conveying direction along which the printing medium is conveyed;
the waste liquid box is configured to be inserted into and drawn from the housing via the front-surface of the housing;
in a state that the waste liquid box is installed in the housing:
at least a portion of the waste liquid box is positioned in front of a printing area being an area in which the nozzle of the head is arranged;
the front-surface of the housing is configured such that a portion of the front-surface is to be opened so as to form a second opening; and
the waste liquid box is configured to be inserted into and drawn from the housing through the second opening.