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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Chikashi Nakamura, Azumino, JP;
Hitotoshi Kimura, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A waste liquid collecting device is a device which is located to face a nozzle surface in which nozzles of a liquid ejecting portion are disposed, which includes a waste liquid receiving member to receive a liquid to be discharged from the nozzles, and which collects the liquid, and the waste liquid receiving member has dripping waste liquid receiving areas which are provided with through-holes and which receive the liquid to drip down after being discharged from the nozzles and staying on the nozzle surface and flushing receiving areas which are not provided with the through-holes and which receive the liquid to be ejected from the nozzles.