US 12,459,263 B2
Recording device
Satoshi Nakata, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/652,919.
Application 18/652,919 is a continuation of application No. 17/658,853, filed on Apr. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,981,139.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-068905 (JP), filed on Apr. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0278574 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B41J 2/165 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 2/16517 (2013.01) [B41J 2/16523 (2013.01); B41J 2/1721 (2013.01)] 17 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;
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 dam portion is a blocking wall that fixed to the discharge portion and blocks flow of waste liquid in the discharge portion.